[TowerTalk] Positoners Calibration to True North

[sabrams@nycap.rr.com]

Assuming you can work backwards to calibrate your
rotator, just wait til the sun is near the horizon,
aim the antenna at the sun, run GeoClock and the
progran will tell you exaxtly where the sun is and
your antenna is pointing.  73  Saul  K2XA

----- Original Message -----
From: W0UN -- John Brosnahan <shr at swtexas.net>
Date: Friday, December 2, 2005 3:49 pm
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Positoners Calibration to
True North

> At 01:41 PM 12/2/2005, you wrote:
> >Using this method one can point their 30 degree
aperture multi-
> element beam
> >with one degree accuracy. :)
> >
> >73, Keith NM5G
> 
> True--but this started out as an EME thread where
decent accuracy 
> was 
> indicated.
> Just that it dragged on so long that no one knows
WHAT it is all 
> about.
> Plus proper DX feng shui requires better than one
degree accuracy, 
> at least on
> the antennas.  The operating desk is even more
critical.
> 
> --John  W0UN
> 
> 
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