On the serious side, in order to do this to the
knat's ass, you need to know when SOLAR NOON is! Here's your sign...
http://www.solar-noon.com/
On the lighter side, I'm probably close enough with a 2-element beam! :-)
At 08:19 PM 8/25/2006, J A Ritter wrote:
>Two sticks, one vertical, the other horizontal placed along the path of the
>shadow at high noon will show True North...
>
>73,
>Jack W0UCE
>Website: www.w0uce.net
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
>[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Robert Chudek - KØRC
>Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 11:03 PM
>To: towertalk@contesting.com
>Subject: [TowerTalk] And now for something completely different (True North)
>- was Re: Mast -- Drill or not?
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>HEY!!! Did I hear someone asking how to determine "True North"?!?!?!?!? It
>was kinda hard to hear over the S-9 Hoot Owl thread and +20 dB generator
>noise right now... :-)
>
>As everyone knows, there's been enough threads regarding finding "True
>North" to weave a fine pair of socks... But that aside, you can use Goggle
>Earth to determine "that direction" using their tool to zoom into any
>location in question. The map defaults to N/S orientation.
>
>I verified my antenna alignment by picking a known object a half mile away
>from my tower. In my case it happens to be the east side of a church down
>the road. Not all areas on earth have been mapped with high resolution yet,
>so this technique might not work for everyone.
>
>Credit goes to my late father who taught me this "lining up" technique when
>we were fishing on Mille Lacs Lake (about 27 miles across) locating specific
>fishing spots. This in the 1950's, way before GPS.
>
>73 de Bob - K0RC in MN
>
>
>Message: 1
>Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:01:21 -0700
>From: "Michael" <noddy1211@sbcglobal.net>
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Mast -- Drill or not?
>To: <wa3afs@inav.net>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
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>http://www.thecompassstore.com/decvar.html#
>
>Try the above link to work out your Declination, there is a link on the
>site to a calculator. I doubt you would be as much as 30 degrees off
>true north, I am 18 degrees here by SFO.
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