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Re: [TowerTalk] ALIGNING ANTENNA

To: "'Steve Jones'" <n6sj@earthlink.net>, "'Dale M. Schwartz'" <dale@immlawfirm.com>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] ALIGNING ANTENNA
From: "Tim Duffy" <k3lr@k3lr.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2021 12:43:43 -0500
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
Being that the rotor is at the bottom of the US Tower - why can't you loosen 
the rotor clamp, set the rotor controller (with the rotor hooked up to north 
then manually rotate the pole (form the ground) so the antenna is north - then 
tighten the rotor clamp?

73
Tim K3LR

-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Steve 
Jones
Sent: Friday, January 1, 2021 12:40 PM
To: 'Dale M. Schwartz'; towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] ALIGNING ANTENNA

Dave,
In the past I've had that problem and was able to re-calibrate the rotor in the 
shack to show true North when the beam was pointed true North.
Only problem was that then I had lost that 30-40 degrees of rotation in that 
direction.  So now you would hit the stop at around 220 degrees instead of 180 
degrees, if that's how you had originally set it up.  But if you have an extra 
30-45 degrees of overshoot available on the rotor it shouldn’t be a 
problem...unless you run out of coax rotator loop!
73,
Steve
N6SJ


-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Dale M. Schwartz
Sent: Friday, January 1, 2021 9:22 AM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] ALIGNING ANTENNA

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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