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Subject: [TowerTalk] "Pre-install" Your Rotator
From: DavidHarper@tx.slr.com (DavidHarper@tx.slr.com)
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 10:37:09 -0600
>       While you're testing rotators on the ground, I prefer to have
> them set
> to North as the final step. It simplifies the beam alignment when
> you're
> finishing the installation.
> 
At my previous QTH, there were no obvious landmarks for North
(treetops), so I always set the rotor to 30-degrees because I knew that
was the heading where a good sighting landmark did exist (aimed straight
down my roof-line).
73
Dave WD5N



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