I spray paint a compass rose on the grass with the tower in the center.
I can always align my beam....until I mow the lawn that is.
----- Original Message -----
From: "LEE R. WICAL" <leewical@lava.net>
To: "Bill Coleman" <aa4lr@arrl.net>; "Ted Huf W4ZE" <w4ze@arrl.net>;
<towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 3:39 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Antenna Alignment
>
> What ever happened to alinging it with the North Star. Look thru the tower
> on the south side. Site the N. Star. Make a mark, drive a stake or spray
> paint a mark for future
> reference. What could be so hard?
> It comes from the Cub and Boy Scouts days....or daze!
> lee
>
>
> At 01:57 PM 10/6/01 -0400, Bill Coleman wrote:
> >
> >On 9/22/01 3:52 AM, Ted Huf W4ZE at w4ze@arrl.net wrote:
> >
> >>In the process of putting up my new tower, it occurred to me that I did
not
> >>know where true north was. With my trusty Boy Scout compass, I said
well it
> >>must be right over there. As one can image, with all these computer
> >>assisted radios and rotators, I had better get it right.
> >
> >Must you?
> >
> >K9AY was helping me mount my A3S a month ago. With Gary on the tower, I
> >told him to align the boom with a neighbor's fence. I knew from the platt
> >that the fence was within 3 degrees of North/South.
> >
> >Gary later came down off the tower and grabbed his compass. Here in GA,
> >we are very close to the Agonic line (where magnetic variation (aka
> >declination) is 0 degrees). He commented that you couldn't get the
> >antenna aligned any closer.
> >
> >I kidded him. "Come on, Gary, this antenna has a beamwidth of 60 degrees.
> >Do you think it really matters?" He agreed.
> >
> >As it turned out, my rotator wasn't set to North as I thought. It was set
> >about 15 degrees off. Oops. Oh well, the annenna has a beamwidth of 60
> >degrees after all....
> >
> >
> >
> >Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
> >Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
> > -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
> >
> >
> >
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