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 <[email protected]> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > -- Sent from my computer. tom ... _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
