[TowerTalk] Yaesu G1000DXA - Post Installation Alignment

[john at kk9a.com]

I have no idea what uW is. I typically set the rotator to the desired  
direction (usually north) and then manually turn the antenna to match  
it.  If you need super accuracy for "uW" perhaps a Green Heron RT-21  
controller would be a better choice.

John KK9A


Gedas w8bya wrote

I am getting ready to install my 1st Yaesu rotor on a small 50' tower
that will be used for uW work. I have looked over the manual but do not
see anything about calibrating the rotor AFTER it has been installed. I
may have missed it.

Is there a site or document that describes the procedure for fine tuning
the correlation between the displayed rotor direction and the antennas
true direction?

I see there are a number of adjustment pots on the back of the
controller but it seems the manual only talks about using them for
pre-alignment/installation purposes.

Since this will be for aiming uW dish antennas with only a few degrees
of BW I want to be able to fine tune the shack dial to the antennas real
heading. I plan on aiming a long boom looper at the north star which
will get me within 1/2 degree of true, then I want to tweak the
indicator box to read the same. TU

Gedas, W8BYA EN70JT

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