Anyone around for a couple of years should remember to right way for true north.
Someone was asking about fixing their “winch”, with slight a spelling error.
Then, how to keep birds off the tower.
And, to true north.
So you need a wench, holding a plastic owl, facing their shadow, at true noon.
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> On Jan 1, 2021, at 20:10, N4ZR <n4zr@comcast.net> wrote:
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> Anyone else been on Towertalk since before even CQContest, and remembers the
> mammoth threads on True North?
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> 73, Pete N4ZR
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>> On 1/1/2021 12:22 PM, Dale M. Schwartz wrote:
>> I just replaced my rotor (with a HAM-IV) on the bottom of my US Tower 55’
>> flagpole with a SteppIR on top. The old rotor was off the tower for a few
>> weeks and I suspect the wind blew the beam a little.
>> Now my bearings are about 30-40 degrees off. So when my controller says
>> I am pointed due North, the beam is actually pointed NNW.
>> I know we could lower the tower and repoint the beam. But I’m looking
>> for suggestions on how to reorient the antenna from the ground.
>> Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>> HAPPY NEW YEAR!
>> Dale/K4ROZ
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