It's that easy if you have very boring terrain.
For those of us in glacial landforms there's this:
http://www.gyokovsolutions.com/G-NetTilt/G-NetTilt.html
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From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Sent: 6/10/2016 2:12:08 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Downtilt Calculator
Seriously, take the height of the antenna divided by the distance to
the area you want to focus the energy.
If that is one mile away, and the antenna is mounted at 100 feet,
100/5280. = .189
Hit the ARCTAN button or the inverse TAN button and we get 1 degree of
downtilt.
TAN = Rise over Run.
Arctan = degrees of Rise/Run
To me that is easier and quicker than going on line and finding a
calculator web page etc.
With an HP calculator it is 3 key strokes in addition to the numbers.
From:[email protected]
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2016 12:03 PM
To:[email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Downtilt Calculator
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Look for a button called TAN on your calculator.
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From:Brandon Yuchasz
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2016 11:37 AM
To:[email protected]
Subject: [AFMUG] Downtilt Calculator
Looking for a very simple down tilt calculation tool and I am wondering
what most of you guys are using. There has to be an easier way then
using math and my brain every time.
Best regards,
Brandon Yuchasz
GogebicRange.net
www.gogebicrange.net
