[TowerTalk] Green Heron + Alpa Spid, suddenly 30 degrees off

[john at kk9a.com]

I am not sure what type of sensor the Alpa Spid uses. I recently had a
potentiometer in a TIC ring get very tight and all of a sudden that
antenna was not pointing where the controller said it was. If the Alpa
Spid uses a pot, do you have another controller that you can try? With the
Green Heron controller, it is possible to accidentally change the offset
or direction reading (if using a reed switch). If this is a common problem
for you, I believe that you can lock the menu.

John KK9A



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Subject:[TowerTalk] Green Heron + Alpa Spid, suddenly 30 degrees off
From:	 Andreas Hofmann <Andreas.Hofmann at microsoft.com>
Date:	 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 04:26:49 +0000

Hi,

I noticed that my beam heading is off about 30 degrees suddenly. It does not
appear that the mast has come loose. I am guessing the offset setting just
somehow got lost.  Before I go in the settings and fix the value, I wanted to
ask here.

Does anyone had this happen to them and/or does anyone have an idea what
could
be wrong?  Could a power outage cause this?

Thanks
Andy,
KU7T