I suck at illustrator, so this is a huge leap in my ability. I'm trying to draw a radio tower, but I want everything in the vector to be as perfect as possible. I want some waves to come off of the radio tower. I'm trying to use the pen tool and then fix it up with the direct selection tool, but I just can't get it to match up. How should I go about creating these "perfect waves" and make sure they are perfectly centered.

As you can see, the bottom of the shape is touching the circle. Ideas?

UPDATE #1

I'm able to create perfect circle around it now. How or "what" is the best way to go about "cutting" them to replicate this:

This is what I have so far:

I don't want the rounded edges edges the waves have from the example. I'm still fine creating a "noodle" type shape with straight edges.

I suck at illustrator, so this is a huge leap in my ability. I'm trying to draw a radio tower, but I want everything in the vector to be as perfect as possible. I want some waves to come off of the radio tower. I'm trying to use the pen tool and then fix it up with the direct selection tool, but I just can't get it to match up. How should I go about creating these "perfect waves" and make sure they are perfectly centered.

As you can see, the bottom of the shape is touching the circle. Ideas?

UPDATE #1

I'm able to create perfect circle around it now. How or "what" is the best way to go about "cutting" them to replicate this:

This is what I have so far:

I don't want the rounded edges edges the waves have from the example. I'm still fine creating a "noodle" type shape with straight edges.

Last Update

So I decided that I will use the pathfinder tool to help me with this last step. I want to place a rectangle perfectly in the center of the circle (on the guide line shown) but it won't place the center point on the middle of the line. Ideas?

I suck at illustrator, so this is a huge leap in my ability. I'm trying to draw a radio tower, but I want everything in the vector to be as perfect as possible. I want some waves to come off of the radio tower. I'm trying to use the pen tool and then fix it up with the direct selection tool, but I just can't get it to match up. How should I go about creating these "perfect waves" and make sure they are perfectly centered.

As you can see, the bottom of the shape is touching the circle. Ideas?

I suck at illustrator, so this is a huge leap in my ability. I'm trying to draw a radio tower, but I want everything in the vector to be as perfect as possible. I want some waves to come off of the radio tower. I'm trying to use the pen tool and then fix it up with the direct selection tool, but I just can't get it to match up. How should I go about creating these "perfect waves" and make sure they are perfectly centered.

As you can see, the bottom of the shape is touching the circle. Ideas?

UPDATE #1

I'm able to create perfect circle around it now. How or "what" is the best way to go about "cutting" them to replicate this:

This is what I have so far:

I don't want the rounded edges edges the waves have from the example. I'm still fine creating a "noodle" type shape with straight edges.