Mimosa backhaul radios do something like this; they both have GPS, and if they're talking at all, they figure out bearing to each other and give you compass bearing.
From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 6:49 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Smart Antenna Alignment review? Someday I am going to build some of my ideas for this. If you put a GPS antenna away from the tower and one on the tower, the long baseline will let you know the bearing between the two with great accuracy. They could talk and let the tower unit know what the azimuth of the line between them is. Then you could aim a scope with an angular encoder at the ground unit, or it could have a strobe light with a omni lens camera on the tower to let it know where it is. I even considered dopplar UHF antennas on the tower to get the position of the ground unit. Then it is a simple thing to know which direction you are aiming. Properly done it could be a $300 item instead of a $3000-$5000 item. Just not sure which method to use to get the relative direction of the ground unit... A small rifle scope on an encoder would work really well. From: Tushar Patel Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 4:41 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: [AFMUG] Smart Antenna Alignment review? Time has come for us to get a little more accuracy on our sector antennas. Any input on the following product? http://www.multiwavesensors.com/antenna-alignment/ Tushar _____ -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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