[TowerTalk] ALIGNING ANTENNA

[Nidhog]

Anyone around for a couple of years should remember to right way for true north.
Someone was asking about fixing their “winch”, with slight a spelling error.
Then, how to keep birds off the tower.
And, to true north.

So you need a wench, holding a plastic owl, facing their shadow, at true noon.

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> On Jan 1, 2021, at 20:10, N4ZR <n4zr at comcast.net> wrote:
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> Anyone else been on Towertalk since before even CQContest, and remembers the mammoth threads on True North?
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> 73, Pete N4ZR
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>> On 1/1/2021 12:22 PM, Dale M. Schwartz wrote:
>> I just replaced my rotor (with a HAM-IV) on the bottom of my US Tower 55’ flagpole with a SteppIR on top. The old rotor was off the tower for a few weeks and I suspect the wind blew the beam a little.
>>     Now my bearings are about 30-40 degrees off. So when my controller says I am pointed due North, the beam is actually pointed NNW.
>>     I know we could lower the tower and repoint the beam. But I’m looking for suggestions on how to reorient the antenna from the ground.
>>      Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>>      HAPPY NEW YEAR!
>>                  Dale/K4ROZ
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