Dave, Just try it, no kidding.
73
David
HK1A
EC5KXA
ex-HK1KXA
> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 12:32:34 -0700
> From: xdavid@cis-broadband.com
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Divining rods and pyramids
>
>
> Either that is the most hilariously sarcastic post I have seen in quite
> a while (if so, kudos to you), or it is now apparent that I have been
> mysteriously transported to some weird alternative universe ....
> possibly Narnia or some place similar to it. Anyone out there know how
> I can find the door in the back of the closet to get back home?
>
> Dave AB7E
>
>
> On 9/1/2010 9:15 AM, David J. Sourdis - HK1A wrote:
> > I did two "L" out of an old coat hanger wire. About 6" for the handles and
> > 30" for long part of the wire L.
> > Take one on each hand as an inverted L , being the vertical part of the
> > inverted L, the 6" handles, the long parts of the Ls should be horizontal,
> > parallel and looking in the same direction you are walking on. When there
> > is an underground discontinuity made of water the Ls will tend to rotate to
> > the center, making the 30 inch sides cross each other. Even if you rotate
> > your wrists to the outside (right wrist going clockwise, opposite for
> > left), making the rods to move upwards on an inclined plane, the rods will
> > rotate to the center overcoming the pull of gravity for small inclinations.
> > I could locate the positions of the corners of an old sewer system well in
> > my backyard with this rods. Not a good place to put a tower, hihi
> > More interestingly: I did the rods from a book about Pyramids ("The magical
> > powers of the pyramid" is the translation of the spanish title). Using thin
> > cardboard, I made a scaled version of the Gizah pyramids, about three
> > inches high and a second one about three times that size.
> > When the rods where moved at belly height over one of the pyramids sitting
> > on the floor, the rods would rotate to the center very quick, ONLY IF the
> > faces of the pyramid were aligned with the cardinal points the rods would
> > move, if the faces were aligned with NE, SE, NW and SW, instead of N, S, E,
> > W, the rods wouldn't move.
> > To make the pyramid: Draw a circle on the cardboard. The radius of the
> > circle multiplied by 1,0517 (the radius + 5.17%) is the square base's side
> > lenght. With the base lenght draw four end to end chords on the circle and
> > then draw lines between the ends of the chords and the circle center, this
> > lines will be the edges of the pyramid that part from the square base
> > corners and meet at the top (circle center). The chords are the four bottom
> > sides of the faces. The four resulting triangles are the faces of your
> > pyramid, no base needed. Then cut out the drawing and bend by the edges to
> > form the pyramid, it is wise to leave an extra flip strip on one of the end
> > faces to make the closing and gluing of the pyramid easier and stronger.
> > CHORD:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secant_line
> > Sorry about Pyramid talk, back to Tower Talk :o)
> > 73
> >
> >
> > David
> > HK1A
> > EC5KXA
> > ex-HK1KXA
> >
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