Let's keep in mind skewed paths
On 40m I have worked HS0 (from Colorado ) with beams peaking on SW !!!
When shortest bearing would be NW ! 90 degrees with long boom
yagis is a BIG difference !!!
Bearings smearings! Don't always assume Short Path!
Keep an open mind and an open bowel !
Josh N7XM in Colorful Colorado
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> From: Brian Smithson <brian_smithson@vds.com>
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Geomagnetic Field
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Date: Friday, October 23, 1998 9:10 AM
>
>
> I'm getting ready to orient a beam myself soon and there has been
> some discussion of late on how to figure geomagnetic vs. true north.
> Here is a link that will compute the correction given your lat/lon and
> a date/time.
>
>
> http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/seg/gmag/fldsnth1.pl
>
>
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