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AF1
Site Survey Tool |
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Great for professional satellite
technicians and installers. Use this handy compass
and clinometer to determine where to point your dish.
Are there trees in the way? Look through the
clinometer at top of the trees. If they are at a
higher degree than your satellite elevation, then they
will not block your signal. Pays for itself after
just one use!
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Find
the true elevation of trees and buildings through eyepiece
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Find
the true azimuth through a see through eyepiece
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Fast
site survey and easy satellite installation
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Can
be used with one hand
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Separate
eyepiece for compass and clinometer
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Hairline
accuracy
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Cost
effective
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Saves
time
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Easy
to use
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Jeweled
movements
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Works
on Ku, Ka, C, DSS, & FSS
Today every installer must be able to quickly
install satellite equipment. Professional installers are
using this tool for fast accurate site surveys and
installations.
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You'll never want to be without it!
AF1 Satellite
Locator & Site Survey Tool
This is the only tool you need to do a satellite installation
site survey. It is a liquid filled precision compass and
clinometer in a compact aluminum housing that is easy to use and
rugged enough to protect against impact, corrosion, and
moisture. This top quality precision instrument combines
precision accuracy with fast and easy one-handed operation. The
clinometers scale is in degree and percent (0-90°, 0-150%). The
compass scale is in azimuth (0-360° with reverse scale). Both
the clinometer and compass are graduated in 1° / 1% increments
and each is individually calibrated.
ADJUSTING THE OPTICS
The optics of the AF1 can be adjusted by turning the
eyepiece with your fingers. Adjust the eyepiece so that both the
hairline and the scale are sharp and the eyepiece slot settles
in a vertical position in the bearing compass and in a
horizontal position in the clinometer.
BEARING COMPASS
Construction: The bearing compass is designed to combine
extreme accuracy with ease and speed of operation. A jewel
bearing supports the dial and it is immersed in dampening fluid;
giving vibration less, smooth movement. The compass has been
given permanent antistatic treatment.
Operation: With both eyes open, aim the compass so that the
hairline is superimposed on the target, when viewed through the
lens. The main scale (large numbers) gives the bearing from your
position to the target; the small numbers give a reverse bearing
from the target to your position. This feature is of great
assistance when calculating a precise position. Use the left or
the right eye as preferred. With both eyes open, an optical
illusion makes the hairline appear to continue above the
instrument frame, superimposed on the target. This improves
reading accuracy and speed.
Note: Because of an eye condition called heterophoria, the
reading accuracy of some users may be impaired. Check for this
as follows: Take a reading with both eyes open and then close
the free eye. If the reading does not change appreciably there
is no misalignment of the eye axes, and both eyes can be kept
open. Should there be a difference in the readings, keep the
other eye closed and sight halfway above the instrument body.
The hairline now rises above the instrument body and is seen
against the target.
CLINOMETER
Construction: A jewel bearing assembly supports the scale dial
and all moving parts are immersed in a damping liquid inside a
high strength hermetically sealed plastic container. The liquid
dampens all undue scale vibrations and permits a smooth shock
less movement of the scale dial.
Operation: Left side of the dial reads degrees of elevation
while the right side of the dial reads percent of elevation.
Readings are usually taken with the right eye. Owing to
differences in the keenness of the sight of the eyes and because
of personal preference the use of the left eye is sometimes
easier. It is of prime importance that both eyes are kept open.
The supporting hand must not obstruct the vision of the other
eye. The instrument is held in front of the reading eye so that
the scale can be read through the eyepiece, and the round side
window faces to the left. The instrument is aimed at the object
by raising or lowering it until the horizontal hairline is
sighted against the point to be measured. The position of the
hairline now on the scale is the reading. Owing to an optical
illusion the hairline seems to continue outside the housing and
is thus easily observed against the sighted object.
SUMMARY
Using the compass, find a reference point matching the
azimuth of the satellite position. Using the clinometer, find
the azimuth reference point and raise the instrument until you
find the elevation of the satellite position. You now are
looking along the same path as the satellite signal and you will
know if an install is possible.
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