[TowerTalk] Yaesu G1000DXA - Post Installation Alignment

[Gedas]

Thank you Jim and all. 73

Gedas, W8BYA EN70JT

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On 8/5/2020 3:57 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On 8/5/2020 12:20 PM, sawyered at earthlink.net wrote:
>> You take the cover off the dial indictor. Pull the indicator needle off.
>> Push it back on pointing at the actual heading.  You put the cover 
>> back on.
>
> I determine true north by using the shadow of the tower at solar noon, 
> laying a piece of PVC conduit on the ground to align with the shadow, 
> then rotate the antenna to align with that marker, and adjust the 
> pointer as Ed describes above.
>
> In the US, solar noon can be found here.
> https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/solcalc/
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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