I have a 3'x3' piece of thick cardboard spray painted orange for this purpose.
If you want to set up a temporary radio on battery power, one easy way to do it is with the Tycon DC-DC PoE injectors and a 12V 8Ah AGM battery. Battery should be <$20 on eBay with shipping. Same model I buy to replace batteries in trays in 750VA through 1500VA size 2U rackmount UPS. On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Adam Moffett via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: > > You could do a dummy link with cheap equipment. Set a tripod or non-pen > mount without screwing it down. Power the equipment with batteries. > > If you want to use a telescope I think you're limited to whether or not > you can see the target. If it's hard to pick out against the background, > maybe you could hang an orange flag there. > > Tough one. I never am happy with what the computer spits out. I feel as > though it never properly takes foliage into account. Honestly... if it > looks close on the path software... there's not much that'll tell you for > sure without just doing it. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"TJ Trout via Af" <af@afmug.com> <af@afmug.com> > *To: *af@afmug.com > *Sent: *Thursday, October 23, 2014 2:26:59 PM > *Subject: *[AFMUG] Easy way to determine LOS > > Need to do a ptp shot but can't tell if I have clear LOS, any tricks with > a telescope or something I can do without someone on the other side with a > mirror or laser? > > >
