[FoxHunt] LPER Modes

[Bob]

Well you are quite wrong......

The LPER does not have a for/aft ambiguity. If the
transmitter is directly in front of you or directly behind
you (or off the air) the meter will read zero. This is a
null case and doesn't mean anything. With the usual
sensitivity of the LPER you will almost never have the LPER
pointing with 3-4 degrees of the transmitter (or away from
it) so the meter will be reading something other than zero.
You then rotate the LPER in the direction of the needle
offset to cause the meter to go to zero, and you will ALWAYS
be pointing at the transmitter when the meter reads zero. So
simple even my wife can do it..

Bob, WB6JPI

"J. Craswell" wrote:
> 
> -I have LPER Serial number 6 that I bought before they came
> -out. I have been using since on a monthly basis (25+
> -years??). I always use it in the DF mode and seldom have any
> -problems with going the wrong way. The big problem is using
> -it for horiz pol. I don't use it on signals that are weak
> -enough not to require the attenuator cranked in a bit. In
> -other words, I mostly use it within 500 ft of the
> -transmitter as I drive the offroad thing that close. (
> -remember that hidden transmitters are hidden by people and
> -therefore much closer to places you can drive than ELTs
> -usually find themselves.)
> 
> Clearly you know what your doing and I would not argue with success.
> 
> My point in teaching Recv mode only is that people who are just learning
> tend to have a limited amount of info they can process.  The meter does this
> in this mode and than this in the other is great if you have lots of been
> there and done that.  Not so good when you break the equipment out of the
> box infrequently <grin>  Plus while "you" may not go speeding off in a wrong
> direction I think you will agree that DF mode only gives you a bearing which
> can be reciprocal or not.  There is no true indication.  Recv mode I like
> which "should" always point to the target.  And last our Aircrews as fine as
> they are don't always get up there quick enough (for me anyhow) and I like
> to get our ground pounders up on the hilltops radioing in azimuths asap.
> Recv mode gives a fair direction quite a ways away.  DF is twitchy on weak
> signals.
> 
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