Yes that's a good point, I'm not encouraging anyone to go on their roof at night, in fact I would heartily discourage it for the sake of safety. What I intended to mean was, I looked at Polaris at night, got the difference from the way my house/roof points, then took that protractor up to the roof during daylight to tweak the antennas. And as you also mention, a couple of degrees isn't going to make a lot of difference unless you are using some extremely narrow beamwidth antennas, so the fact that Polaris is actually about 2 degrees right of how my house points to the north is not of importance in my opinion. I positioned the antennas to point along the lines of the house and it works fine.
Jerry > > The only problem using Polaris, or most any star for that matter, is that > the only time you're going to see it is when it's too dark to go climbing > up the roof or tower to adjust the antenna. I use the one star that is > always visible during the day, the Sun. _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. 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
