On Sun, 23 Feb 2003, Eric Sorenson wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Or maybe rent a couple of 50' boom lifts and verify it that way.  Any
> > ideas ??
>
> Renting a cherry-picker isn't a bad idea actually! But you only need
> one of them. One trick I've seen done in the past was to get a 2-3'
> mylar balloon from a party store and let it up on a measured length
> of string to the height of the antenna mast. Then you can go to the
> other end and sight it.

Be careful of wind when using balloons. Mostly you should be okay, though.

I have software (TopoUSA) that will show topographical 'slices' between
two points. This won't help with trees and buildings, but it would at
least tell you if there was a land-form in the way.

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