Antenna Calibration

[Staceyjaxx]

Dont Know if anyone can help but the antenna calibration is a bit confusing and not explained properly anywhere. Whenever I try to fix it, it either gets worse or not change at all. Only asking as its really throwing off my co-ords finding...like alot.

[Buzzard]

What seems to work (even if it takes a while) is dialing both azimuth and elevation back down toward 0.0.
This is, of course, done at the top of each tower after setting the azimuth to 0 and waiting for things to swing into position.
After I put the numbers where I like them, I hit the Calibrate button, just to make sure. (Not sure if it has an actual use anymore)

[CFL]

Setting the azimuth position to 0 is enough. The position of the elevation is not important.
This is also not part of the calibration itself, however you need to do this to gain access to the second floor, where the calibration device is located.

I usually type into the terminal of the base building :
1) Service (sets azimuth to 0)
2) Startrotation.

Pressing the "calibrate" buttons at the antennas is also not optional but mandatory.

Btw : There IS a description in the game. But it appears only once per savegame.

https://imgur.com/a/CNihQsu

[Staceyjaxx]

But I'm unsure on the numbers to punch in. I put in what I though we're the right numbers (opposite of the offset and it made it worse

[CFL]

Just put a number as close to 0 as possible in the panel. -0.00137 for instance. That's your new error.

[Buzzard]

And calibration is only needed to keep the offset from getting past +/- 10. Remember to dial the offset of both azimuth and elevation back towards 0.

I tend to do the entire set of antennas, regardless of how off they are, just because of how long it takes to swing them back to the service position. I figure it's better to have a longer downtime and have everything reset, than to have to keep running out to calibrate things. It's also a great time to replenish the batteries if they're running low.

[bam_bam_gkz]

not sure if we're talking about the same thing here, but I run calstart from the terminal, then back out and look at the calibration display above the frequency scanner. it displays which antenna is being calibrated and how long it's going to take. it can take a hellish long time first time through depending on how bad the offsets have become, but once it's done calibration is pretty much perfect.

[ToxicDutch]

Originally posted by bam_bam_gkz:

not sure if we're talking about the same thing here, but I run calstart from the terminal, then back out and look at the calibration display above the frequency scanner. it displays which antenna is being calibrated and how long it's going to take. it can take a hellish long time first time through depending on how bad the offsets have become, but once it's done calibration is pretty much perfect.

OP posted this on January 24th, so i'm assuming the autocal was not a feature back in those days.

[Rayalot72]

Fastest way to calibrate nowadays is to start the autocal and then manually calibrate 8-19 while it runs on 1-7.

As other posters have explained, just bring the azimuth and elevation very close to "0" and then press the "calibrate" button. Once you've finished the manual and autocal gets done with 7, it will quickly finish the calibration of the other 12 antenna (took like 10 seconds for me, depends on how accurate you are win manual adjustment).