"Owen Duffy" wrote in message
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JIMMIE wrote in
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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.

My article contains links to two spreadsheets, a basic one and an
enhanced one. The enhanced one contains macro functions that calculate
the Sun's position from the time data recorded by NFM (and your location
data). Of course, you need to make sure your computer clock is
syncronised before taking the measurements. The link to the enhanced
spreadsheet is in the Links section of
http://www.vk1od.net/nfm/application...ernFromSun.htm .

The spreadsheet uses a set of macro functions derived from the NOAA
calculator ant published by the Department of Ecology, Olympia WA.

Owen

Hi Owen

I use a free program "APTDecoder" for monitoring satellite location.
That program includes a "Flat Earth Monitor" in which the Sun and Moon are
shown. A "mouse pointer" on either the Sun or Moon will give the location
and Az-El from your location, in real time. I have never used the data to
point my dish, but, if the data is erroroneous, Id like to know where is
wrong so it can be made better.

Jerry