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1. [TowerTalk] Laying out antennas (score: 1): Author: jimsmith@shaw.ca (Jim Smith); Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2002 02:02:48 -0800; January 6, 2002 01:51 OK, here it is. The GPS method looks to be sufficiently accurate to meet Tom's needs. This is pretty lengthy as I want to show how I got to the solution so that if I have made a; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-01/msg00179.html (23,556 bytes)
2. [TowerTalk] Laying out antennas (score: 1): Author: jimsmith@shaw.ca (Jim Smith); Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 02:53:00 -0800; First off, my apologies for joining this thread so late. I'm 1500 posts behind in my reading. I'm puzzled that no one has posted what seems to me to be the obvious solution although there have been o; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00571.html (9,999 bytes)
3. [TowerTalk] Laying out antennas (score: 1): Author: jimsmith@shaw.ca (Jim Smith); Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 12:55:48 -0800; A couple of Ooopsies Received the following from N4GI ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ My 12 channel magellan 315 has +/- 100' resolution. This is about average. I use differentially; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00574.html (9,066 bytes)
4. [TowerTalk] Laying out antennas (score: 1): Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 13:47:37 -0500; Are there any reasonably priced devices for laying out wire antennas or tower and guy lines, so the direction heading is accurate? What I'm interested in is something that uses magnetic north or mayb; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00410.html (8,229 bytes)
5. [TowerTalk] Laying out antennas (score: 1): Author: steve@oakcom.com (Steve Maki); Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 18:13:30 -0500; For better than 1° accuracy, a good compass, such as various Brunton or Suunto models, is all you need. Under $100.00. Transits do better at higher cost of course. If you have a few grand to spar; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00412.html (8,931 bytes)
6. [TowerTalk] Laying out antennas (score: 1): Author: htodd@twofifty.com (Hisashi T Fujinaka); Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 16:50:54 -0800 (PST); You should be able to rent transits. At least you used to be able to. -- Hisashi T Fujinaka - htodd@twofifty.com BSEE (6/86) + BSChem (3/95) + BAEnglish (8/95) + $2.50 = mocha latte List Sponsored by; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00413.html (10,281 bytes)
7. [TowerTalk] Laying out antennas (score: 1): Author: n3rr@erols.com (Bill Hider (N3RR)); Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 00:03:08 -0500; Even a poor GPS will give you < +- 1DEG accuracy AND it will provide magnetic headings as well as true headings. I have a GPS that I bought in 1993 that works Vy FB. Remember, the government SA has b; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00414.html (10,316 bytes)
8. [TowerTalk] Laying out antennas (score: 1): Author: hankarn@pacbell.net (Dan Arney); Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 18:47:46 -0800; What I really want to see is the antenna that is so sharp that it has to be aimed within 1 or 2 degrees in HF usage "VHF/UHF/SHF SERVICE OK." it will still take a lot of fine tweaking to make it work; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00415.html (9,198 bytes)
9. [TowerTalk] Laying out antennas (score: 1): Author: kkanakas@cisco.com (krishna); Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 09:39:54 -0500; Hi towertalkians, Hope you all had a good contest weekend. Its time to regain your voice :) Having gone thru raising my beam just yesterday, here is what i did. I had searched the archives and read a; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00417.html (11,155 bytes)
10. [TowerTalk] Laying out antennas (score: 1): Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 20:55:48 -0500; Thanks for all the good suggestions, I'm still digesting all the information. It looks like some sort of really good sighting compass would work if I stay away from the barbed wire fences. What I nee; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00419.html (9,968 bytes)
11. [TowerTalk] Laying out antennas (score: 1): Author: richard@karlquist.com (Richard Karlquist); Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 19:31:27 -0800; What I did on my 20 acres was to use two 300 foot tape measures to form triangles. I started with a base line down the center of the road (which runs within a degree of N-S) and then triangulated to; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00423.html (10,708 bytes)
12. [TowerTalk] Laying out antennas (score: 1): Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com); Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 02:09:52 EST; Wow - great and interesting post on a topic never discussed before. Tnx! Cheers, Steve K7LXC Tower Tech List Sponsored by AN Wireless: AN Wireless handles Rohn tower systems, Trylon Titan towers, coa; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00424.html (9,557 bytes)
13. [TowerTalk] Laying out antennas (score: 1): Author: SavageBR@aol.com (SavageBR@aol.com); Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 07:24:18 EST; << You can try to use constant tension but that only works if there is no wind. >> You can use the old surveyors technique of using two known and equal lengths of light chain. The chain is less effec; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00425.html (9,551 bytes)
14. [TowerTalk] Laying out antennas (score: 1): Author: SavageBR@aol.com (SavageBR@aol.com); Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 07:40:27 EST; I forgot to mention, what ever material is used to triangulate, tape or chain. use equal lengths of the same material. Then, with near equal tension, and the same material, the errors due to temperat; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00426.html (9,461 bytes)
15. [TowerTalk] laying out antennas (score: 1): Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick); Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 08:32:42 -0600; Don't forget these very cheap laser pointers they are selling now. Good for a mile. Also you can rent those laser levels at most rental places. I used mine to prove my tower was NOT out of plumb to m; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00430.html (9,634 bytes)
16. [TowerTalk] Laying out antennas (score: 1): Author: w6ru@bak.rr.com (Terry Gaiser); Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 07:26:20 -0800; FWIW ... I have used a GPS receiver to walk a bearing ... this gives one degree accuracy I think. Terry W6RU List Sponsored by AN Wireless: AN Wireless handles Rohn tower systems, Trylon Titan towers; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00431.html (9,365 bytes)
17. [TowerTalk] Laying out antennas (score: 1): Author: Kevin Hemsley" <kev@ida.net (Kevin Hemsley); Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 12:12:52 -0700; If all you have is a Boy Scout compass, you can find true North if you know what the variation is between true and magnetic North. For those who haven't found this page yet, magnetic declination, som; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00435.html (10,856 bytes)
18. [TowerTalk] Laying out antennas (score: 1): Author: SavageBR@aol.com (SavageBR@aol.com); Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 15:59:24 EST; There have been many threads about finding true north. Just divide the time between local sunrise and sunset in half (local noon). At that instant in the USA the shadow of your tower points due north; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00436.html (8,825 bytes)
19. [TowerTalk] Laying out antennas (score: 1): Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne); Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 22:51:18 +0000; AMEN TO THAT!!!!! Tom W7WHY List Sponsored by AN Wireless: AN Wireless handles Rohn tower systems, Trylon Titan towers, coax, hardline and more. Also check out our self supporting towers up to 100 fe; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00437.html (8,649 bytes)
20. [TowerTalk] Laying out antennas (score: 1): Author: n4kg@juno.com (n4kg@juno.com); Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 20:14:29 -0600; One way to get accurate rectangles is to lay them out with the aid of a common diagonal and equal length (no-stretch) opposing sides. Perhaps some #18 or #20 wire could be used. Sounds like a LOT of; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-11/msg00438.html (9,400 bytes)

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