On Oct 16, 6:10 pm, Owen Duffy wrote:
For those interested in confirming beamwidth of a large aperture dish at
microwave frequencies, the following article describes a method using Sun
noise as a measurement source:http://www.vk1od.net/nfm/application...ernFromSun.htm.

Owen

The Altitude and Azimuth of the Sun or Moon During One Day application
is located at the following URL:

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/AltAz.php

The site can also be reached as follows: Access the U.S. Naval
Observatory Home web site (at http://www.usno.navy.mil/ ); at the menu
of the left of this home page select the Astro Applications entry.
From the Astro Applications web page, select the Data Services entry.
From the Data Services web page, select Altitude and Azimuth of the
Sun or Moon During One Day.


I hope this may prove useful.


Jimmie