[amsat-bb] Re: a couple tweaks to work AO-27 & SO-50

[Thomas Doyle]

I have one of these, it is cheap and works great. Mine is black for some
reason. Or you can just wave it around till you hear something.

http://www.amazon.com/Johnson-Level-Tool-700-Magnetic/dp/B00004T807/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1339263365&sr=8-1

73 W9KE Tom Doyle


On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Jimmy KC9PXZ <kc9pxz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good Morning,
>
>     First I want to take a moment to say thank you to those that sent me
> off list E mails with advice. I have a couple tweaks I have been thinking
> on. One is due to easier set up.  setting up my 3 element yagi & my 70CM 6
> element yagi @ 90 degrees to each other. Still using two radio's so I can
> be
> full duplex. What are peoples thoughts as to setting my antennas up 90
> degrees to each other?
>
>    The other thought is that I have what I call a "ball" compass there is
> North, South,  East & West on the top & the same on the side with degree
> marks on it. All I need now is something to tell me how many degrees up
> from
> the horizon I am. I thought if I could find something to print out with
> degrees to scale on it and put that on a piece of cardboard, wood or
> something. Then take a string & put washers on it to act as a counter
> weight. The string would stay in the same place but the scale would move as
> I point the tripod up or down.  Then I would read it to know how many
> degrees up or down I am from the horizon. The problem is I don't know what
> there called so I am not sure what to search on google to find the scale.
> What is that called?
>
>
>
> 73
>
> KC9PXZ
>
> Jimmy
>
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