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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] north
From: "Don " <w7wll@arrl.net>
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 12:53:07 -0800
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Dang! Don't 'cha you just love what science brings to our everyday table. Sixty years of hamming and I never knew my old eyeballing of my yagi's were so imprecise, ashamed! Must be way I couldn't break some of the east coast curtain pileups from time to time.

I will start paying attention to the walkers and their dogs down in the village. Suspect I will have to be fast though if I want to get a good bearing from a local dog (I have a cat but think they are more direction aligned to the direction of the kitty litter box). Perhaps someone has some information on that. Hope the ladies don't think I'm bit daft sneaking up behind their pooches.

Will try the solar noon trick when we see some sun next Spring.

What a great site for information.

Hope Santa brought what you all wanted.

Don W7WLL

-----Original Message----- From: RMorris
Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2014 10:47 AM
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] north


On Dec 25, 2014, at 1:39 AM, Spencer wrote:

In the northern hemisphere, the shadow of a vertical object at solar noon will point north.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Spencer W1GAK



Since about every subject comes around twice a year, I'll repeat the north finding method reported six months ago, without cell phones, stars, and sticks.

http://www.livescience.com/42317-dogs-poop-along-north-south-magnetic-lines.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/watching-them-poop-researchers-discover-that-dogs-can-sense-which-way-is-north/2014/01/26/26f7f85e-83ae-11e3-bbe5-6a2a3141e3a9_story.html

http://news.discovery.com/animals/pets/dogs-have-a-butt-compass-poop-facing-ns-pole-140102.htm

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