Hi Bob, I use the Sun, late in the afternoon. The satellite program tells me where the Sun should be, and I aim the rotor to match. Then up on the roof I go, to align the rotor mount so the shadow runs down the beam. Worked quite well for aiming at AO-40. Of course in the Pacific Cloudy West, you may have to wait awhile for a clear day... Greg KO6TH
Bob- W7LRD <[email protected]> wrote: >You'd think I would have this figured out by now. I never paid very >close attention to exact antenna direction until now. I mean the >satellite was always within the beam pattern. I tried the SuM part of >Satpc32. I am thinking of trying some EME, and I looked up the boom of >the yagi' and I was about 8* high and maybe 10* to the right of the >moon, still probably within the half power point of the beams. This is >where the obsessive part comes along, should I use the moon as the >"grand phooba" of calibration? Or compass true/mag. I mean the moon is >"pretty" consistent. As always the collective thoughts of this bb are >never wrong. >73 Bob W7LRD >Seattle >_______________________________________________ >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 Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. _______________________________________________ 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
