Ugh, about one microsecond after I hit the send key I realized the foolish
flaw in my logic in my previous message!
I hate it when this happens...
Of course, it's summer, and the Sun's shadow will point south in 8P
(latitude 11 degrees North) at high noon!
Thinking this way is just a natural handicap from living in the
mid-latitudes of the northern hemisphere! Reminds me of the last time I
was at the Equator, in the hills of Kenya, and it was quite cold and
rainy!
Gess its time to go on a vacation again in the Southern Hemisphere...
73
Frank
W3LPL
donovanf@sgate.com
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To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 22:04:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: Frank Donovan <donovanf@sgate.com>
To: "Peter L. Huber" <phuber@CapAccess.org>, towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Re: [CQ-Contest] Magnetic Declination
Hi Pete!
Instead of fooling with magnetic headings, why not use the shadow cast by
the tower at local noon? Its shadow will point true north at local noon!
Now... How to determine local noon? Just use the SH/SUN command in
PacketCluster! SH/SUN 8P sez sunrise is 0938Z and sunset is 2225Z.
Assuming these times are correct, local noon is midway between those
times, if my math is right, local noon in 8P is at 1601Z.
Just mark the tower's shadow at 1601Z and thats true north! I assume
sunshine isn't a big problem in 8P...
73
Frank
W3LPL
donovanf@sgate.com
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