ANTENNA ORIENTATION USING ANTENNA MARKERS (cont)

TM 11-5985-370-12

While sighting through your

compass at 50 degrees:

Tell your partner to

slowly move in the

desired direction.

Coordinate your partner's

movement, and yours until

you are able to sight:

Up the wire, through the

MARKER, on your side, through

the MAST to the other MARKER.

Once you are alined:

Have your partner mark

the location for his antenna

stake: preferably 2 or 3 feet

beyond the spot on the ground

where his half of the antenna

touched at the time of proper

alinement.

When your partner is finished, do the same marking at your end.

NOTE: IT MAY BE NECESSARY IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS TO USE THE ANTENNA

MARKERS DURING THE SIGHTING STEPS IN THE BASIC AND ALTERNATIVE

PROCEDURES.

YOUR TEAM CHIEF IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROCEDURES YOU SHOULD

USE.

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