That is my recommendation also, and I think your only option. -John Owens -
N7TK
> On 01/01/2021 9:43 AM Tim Duffy <k3lr@k3lr.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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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