[amsat-bb] Re: How to calibrate the azimuth angle?

[Auke de Jong, VE6PWN]

Nobody's mentioned this one yet...
Take any GPS receiver, put it at the base of your antenna structure, and 
note the co-ordinates.  Then walk away from the first spot and, use the 
display, find another spot nearby like a wall, or just the ground that is 
exactly north of where you started.  Place a marker on that spot like a 
stake, or target icon, and maybe paint a line connecting the two points on 
your ground. DONE!

'73
Auke


>>
>> On Dec 26, 2007, at 11:08 PM, Chiu-Teng Tsai wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>>  I am Chiu-Teng Tsai (BM6ERA) from Taiwan. Now we are building a
>>> mobile ground station. One of our problem is how to calibrate the
>>> azimuth angle. Use compass only, or any better solution? Thanks for
>>> your help!
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Chiu-Teng Tsai
>>
>> "On this one we'd like to think of ourselves collectively as 'da men',
>> sir." -- Toby Ziegler
>>
>>
>>
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