KaneH Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Hi there, We are setting up a UHF DVB-T aerial on the roof and are just after a bit of advice on 'Heading'. The info I have avaliable is my current coordinates, the broadcasting tower coordinates and the 'Heading' in degrees. We are using the iPhone4 to give us our current coordinates in a few different formats and a heading using an app called GPS Location. My question is, is it possible to use the 'Heading' reading to determine what direction to point the aerial at as we have point A (current location coordinates) and point B (tower coordinates)? Cheers Kane and Trace Quote Link to comment
+Gitchee-Gummee Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 (edited) Hi there, We are setting up a UHF DVB-T aerial on the roof and are just after a bit of advice on 'Heading'. The info I have avaliable is my current coordinates, the broadcasting tower coordinates and the 'Heading' in degrees. We are using the iPhone4 to give us our current coordinates in a few different formats and a heading using an app called GPS Location. My question is, is it possible to use the 'Heading' reading to determine what direction to point the aerial at as we have point A (current location coordinates) and point B (tower coordinates)? Cheers Kane and Trace The answer is yes. What you said, basically, is a heading. A decent compass would've been cheaper! Now, do you have a question dealing with geocaching? We are in a geocaching forum rather than a DIY forum. Terse, I know. But we do have priorities. Edited March 23, 2012 by Gitchee-Gummee Quote Link to comment
+Ambient_Skater Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Don't worry Glitchee. The OP hasn't shown any interest in joining the game and is merely asking a question about GPS technology, so there's no need to display the usual angst this forum directs to newbies. OP: You can enter the coordinates to the transmitter as a waypoint and press Go To while standing where you want to place the antenna. The arrow will point to the transmitter, which is where you need to point the antenna. You can also visit this site and enter your location and they'll be able to list the azimuth of each transmitter near your house so you can point the antenna accordingly with a traditional compass. Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I just did exactly that only a couple of days ago. I was weaning myself off the satellite dish and going back to basics with a roof antenna. 99% of our TV here comes from one area, so I loaded up Google maps, used the Send To feature to put the coords into my GPS, and then used the GPS to point my rooftop antenna. Worked like a charm. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I set up an antenna recently. I printed a zoomed-in map from www.antennaweb.org to get the general direction, and then adjusted the direction slightly to get the best reception. Quote Link to comment
+kwcahart Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 To give you a simple answer, just put in the coordinates of your TV tower you want to point your antenna to, push "go to" and your GPS compass will point directly to the TV tower, aim your antenna accordingly. Quote Link to comment
+Ambient_Skater Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 My friend's family bought an HDTV last year and didn't want to pay for the HD cable package, so I helped them build one of these antennas out of a pizza pan, empty wine casket, and some wires. I used an ordinary compass to point the antenna the right way. Quote Link to comment
+Ed_M Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Note: Depending on your GPS, you may need to walk in a straight line a little bit to get the compass to register a direction. Don't do this while on your roof. Quote Link to comment
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