No. It is virtually useless to align an antenna on a tower, unless you like
climbing at night.
73, Keith NM5G
-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Carl Smidt
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 7:58 AM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] And now for something completely different (True North)
Did everyone in the northern hemisphere forget about the North Star???
73, Carl VE9OV
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don Havlicek" <n8de@thepoint.net>
> To: <w0uce@nc.rr.com>
> Cc: "'Robert Chudek - KØRC'" <k0rc@pclink.com>;
> <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 1:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] And now for something completely different
> (True
> North) - was Re: Mast -- Drill or not?
>
>
> Here we go again.
> This method only works for those who live exactly on the time zone
> meridian.
> Don
> N8DE
>
> J A Ritter wrote:
>> Two sticks, one vertical, the other horizontal placed along the path
>> of the shadow at high noon will show True North...
>>
>> 73,
>> Jack W0UCE
>> Website: www.w0uce.net
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
>> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Robert Chudek
>> - KØRC
>> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 11:03 PM
>> To: towertalk@contesting.com
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] And now for something completely different (True
>> North)
>> - was Re: Mast -- Drill or not?
>>
>> HEY!!! Did I hear someone asking how to determine "True North"?!?!?!?!?
>> It
>> was kinda hard to hear over the S-9 Hoot Owl thread and +20 dB
>> generator noise right now... :-)
>>
>> As everyone knows, there's been enough threads regarding finding
>> "True North" to weave a fine pair of socks... But that aside, you can
>> use Goggle Earth to determine "that direction" using their tool to
>> zoom into any location in question. The map defaults to N/S
>> orientation.
>>
>> I verified my antenna alignment by picking a known object a half mile
>> away from my tower. In my case it happens to be the east side of a
>> church down the road. Not all areas on earth have been mapped with
>> high resolution yet, so this technique might not work for everyone.
>>
>> Credit goes to my late father who taught me this "lining up"
>> technique when we were fishing on Mille Lacs Lake (about 27 miles
>> across) locating specific fishing spots. This in the 1950's, way
>> before GPS.
>>
>> 73 de Bob - K0RC in MN
>>
>>
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:01:21 -0700
>> From: "Michael" <noddy1211@sbcglobal.net>
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Mast -- Drill or not?
>> To: <wa3afs@inav.net>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
>> Message-ID: <000d01c6c85f$b62c9060$0f01a8c0@Mikes2>
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>> http://www.thecompassstore.com/decvar.html#
>>
>> Try the above link to work out your Declination, there is a link on
>> the site to a calculator. I doubt you would be as much as 30 degrees
>> off true north, I am 18 degrees here by SFO.
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