Re: Topband: Steady Carrier on 80 CW -BTW

[<mikefurrey@att.net>]

Or look for the North Star at night.

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From: "Mike Waters" <mikewate@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 1:21 PM
To: "topband" <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Steady Carrier on 80 CW -BTW

> Or a compass laying on a camera tripod, and an up-to-date magnetic
> declination map (Google it).
>
> 73, Mike
> www.w0btu.com
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Charlie Cunningham <
> charlie-cunningham@nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> >  ... by using a solar determination of true North.
> > The way  that I do it for my antenna arrays is:
> >
> > 1.0  Use a weather site to determine local sunrise and sunset times for
> > your
> > location on the day that you are going to make the determination.
> >
> > 2.0  Split the difference to determine the time for your local solar 
> > noon.
> > 3.0  At the time of your local solar noon, a vertical shaft (determined 
> > by
> > plumb line or spirit level) will cast a shadow that points to true North.
> > (Best done on sunny day of course!)
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