THISAPPDOESNOTLOCATEPHONETOWERS,ITISATOOLFORANTENNAINSTALLERS.
ЭТОПРИЛОЖЕНИЕНЕРАСПОЛОЖЕНТЕЛЕФОНЫ,ЭТОИНСТРУМЕНТДЛЯУСТАНОВЩИКОВАНТЕННЫ.
AntennaBearingToolisanalternativetoamagneticcompassforinstallersoftelecommunicationsantennas.Aknownlandmarkisusedasareference.ThelandmarkmustbevisibleandidentifiablefromtheBTS.
NOTE:SolarPanelinstallersalsofindthisAppuseful.
Thereareamanyreasonsforusingthismethodinpreferencetousingacompass:
1.AntennabearingsareusuallyreferencedtoTrueNorthanditisacommonmistaketoapplythecorrectionforamagneticbearinginthewrongdirection,thereforedoublingtheoffset.
2.Inmanycasessteelworkorelectricpowersourcesaffectthecompass.
There2modesofoperation,CellularandPointtoPoint[Microwavelinks.]
Cellularmode:NOTE:[BTS=CellPhoneTower]
Theprincipleofuseissimple:
1.TheIconfortheBTSislocatedonthemapatthetransmittingsite.
2.TheIconfortheLandMarkislocatedonthemapatthelandmark.
3.Thedesiredantennabearing[degreestrue]isenteredviathepop-upkeyboard.[Tapthewhitetexttoactivatethekeyboardentry]
4.Thetwolinesonthemapshowthelinetothelandmark[RED]andthedesiredantennabearing.
YoucanthenpointtheRedlinetowardsthelandmarkandaimtheantennaalongtheGreenline.AlternativelytheOffsetcanbereadfromthescreenandaprotractor/theodoliteusedinplaceofthephone.
PointtoPointmode:
OperationissimilartoCellularmodeexceptthatco-ordinatesforAend,Bendandlandmarkareenteredandthebearing,pathdistanceandtheoffsetarecalculated.
SitesandtheirlongitudeandLatitudecanbestoredintheSitesList.TherecordsinthislistcanbeusedtopositiontheBTSandLandmarkicons.TheSiteListcanbeexportedasaCSVfileandSitescanbeaddedinbulkasCSVfiles.
FormostlatitudesthesuncanbeusedasalandmarkusingtheSunDialbutton.
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Keywords:Antenna,Cellularantenna,Compass,Microwave,Orienteering,SolarPanels,Mecca