Sure would be handy if you could take your iPhone up the tower - place the phone in line with the antenna boom - just off the tower (maybe with a nice holder to keep it in place - bungee?). Then acce
maybe just use a real compass, lots cheaper than dropping an i-thingy off a tower! personally i just line up antenna booms based on known directions of either guy wires or some convenient object in t
That sounds like an invitation for an owl to come and crap on the iphone. 73 Gary K4FMX _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk maili
I don't know about that owl, but *I'm* going to. I have a freebie compass app on my iPhone 3Gs. It's called (believe it or not) "Compass". I've typically only used it in locations where I had no idea
I have an app called Theodolite thats pretty neat. its more for surveying but it may be useful to you. George ne2i _______________________________________________ ____________________________________
I thought the iPhone 4 and 4s have special hardware for the compass function and the 3G does not. Is that true? 73, Dick WC1M I don't know about that owl, but *I'm* going to. I have a freebie compass
3G doesn't have magnetic sensors 3GS does There are compass apps for 3G that use GPS and velocity to infer heading. _______________________________________________ ___________________________________
The iPhone uses an AKM AK8973 3 axis sensor It's roughly an 8 bit device (it's a bit tricky, because you can set offset and gain for the raw sensor, and it needs temperature compensation)... So, roug
Can you use this compass in the woods or do trees attenuate the earths magnetic field? 3G doesn't have magnetic sensors 3GS does There are compass apps for 3G that use GPS and velocity to infer headi
I did this very thing Friday morning using a GPS enabled Android tablet with a free GPS compass application. The GPS app shows true north, so no corrections for magnetic north needed, and no problem
I use the "Commander" compass free app on the I-phone. It seems to be very accurate. I am due south of the buildings in downtown Houston according to the map and the app agrees. Chuck W5PR __________