Rick Mainhart wrote:
>
> You know ... I get confused with this obsession with absolute precision
> in pointing antennas with a 10-50 degree wide (-3dB) main lobe. What am I
> missing, other than the fun of calculating, calibrating, recalculating,
> recalibrating ... and so on?
Hi Rick. I think it probably is not so important if we are trying to
work someone in EU. or JA land, but if you are trying to bounce a signal
off the moon, or work a distant satelite, it's pretty important you know
where your pointing. 73
Tom W7WHY
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