[CQ-Contest] Using GPSs and Google to place antennas
Dave/KA1NCN
dave at ka1n.cn
Thu Jul 3 15:50:02 EDT 2008
K1TTT said: However, even for laying out an 80m 4-square its no where near accurate enough.
KA1NCN replied: I was hoping that you would not say that. Alas, you are correct.
The other thing that I think that Google would be good for would be plotting the dimensions of antennas. So, even if a GPS won’t give you precise results, Google could tell you what ground features need to be "accommodated" in setting up an antenna. I realized that when I was planning our FD site (see http://tinyurl.com/6bnb3c for Google map), I should probably have oriented the vertical arrays with a lot more precision in advance, rather than waiting to get to the site and break out a compass.
73,
Dave/KA1NCN
Dave at KA1N.CN
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