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From: "Scott E. Olitsky" <solitsky@buffalo.edu>
To: "Tony AB2CJ" <ab2cj@nais.com>, "_AMSAT_list (E-mail)" <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Ant. Alignment and the Moon
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 17:49:18 -0400
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Tony,

Are you using one or two antennas?  What I do is to turn both antennas up at
90 degrees.  When the sun is at a known azimuth, it will cast a shadow 180
degrees away on the mast.  I then turn the antennas so that their shadows
are perfectly parallel to the mast shadow.  I have found this to be very
accurate.

Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony AB2CJ <ab2cj@nais.com>
To: _AMSAT_list (E-mail) <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
Date: Monday, May 15, 2000 5:33 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Ant. Alignment and the Moon


 >Greetings all
 >
 >After installing a new M^2 antenna, I checked it's alignment using the Moon
 >and noticed my antennas were off by 10 degrees or so.  I used Instantrak
and
 >made sure the computer clock was correct for accurate measurments.  My
 >question is, how accurate are the "built-in" keeps in Instantrack and is
 >this the best way to align satellite antennas?
 >
 >Tony
 >AB2CJ
 >
 >
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