[BC] Orienting a Directional FM antenna

[Cowboy]

On Friday 01 June 2012 09:14:07 pm Jim Stanley wrote:
> Bob Groome wrote:
> "FCC wants to see a surveyor's certificate of measurement that the antenna
> is aimed the way the manufacturer says it should be to meet the pattern.
> Most stations that I know of have the surveyor on site when the antenna is
> mounted to "walk it in" with the tower crew".
> 
> This is without a doubt the best way to properly orient a directional FM
> antenna.  Definitely have the surveyor involved from the beginning.  You
> will not regret it.

 Faster, cheaper, easier for all concerned.
 Reference stakes out on the ground some distance from the tower
 are also a real big help.

On Saturday 02 June 2012 02:49:23 pm Tim Sawyer wrote:
> ...and I've had surveyor's that seem to have trouble understanding that the
> azimuth is referenced to "true north"  
> 
> TZS

 But the rules say the surveyor is right, even if he/she is wrong !
 We don't really care if it's right, as long as the surveyor says it is,
 and signs the affidavit to that effect.

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Cowboy