>From: "Ted Huf W4ZE" <w4ze@arrl.net>
>To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Subject: [TowerTalk] FW: Magnetic Declination
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 03:52:41 -0400
>
>
>
>In the process of putting up my new tower, it occurred to me that I did not
>know where true north was. With my trusty Boy Scout compass, I said well
>it
>must be right over there. As one can image, with all these computer
>assisted radios and rotators, I had better get it right. Then I remembered
>about magnetic declination. As any school boy or girl knows, the magnetic
>North Pole is not the same place as the true North Pole and your compass
>heading must be corrected. This may not seem like a big deal, but it is
>8.5
>deg error at my QTH in PA. For Portland, OR it is almost 18 deg. and 16.5
>in Portland, ME. This web page calculates the magnetic declination for any
>location and date. I hope it is helpful for you who desire accurate beam
>pointing.
>
>http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/seg/gmag/fldsnth1.pl
>
>73
>Ted
>W4ZE
>w4ze@arrl.net
>
>
Ted,
Go outside on any clear night and find the star Polaris. There's no need to
mess with a compass. I use Polaris for lining up my beams to north.
Bill K1XT
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