On the serious side, in order to do this to the knat's ass, you need to know when SOLAR NOON is! Here's your sign... http://www.solar-noon.com/ On the lighter side, I'm probably close enough with a 2
Don, What causes the error for one not living exactly on the time zone meridian? 73, Mike, WA4BPJ www.wa4bpj.com -- -- Here we go again. This method only works for those who live exactly on the time
Each time zone is 15 degrees wide [15 zones x24 hours =360 degrees] If some one lives at the 'edge' of one of those time zones, they can be 7.5 [or more] degrees off the time zone meridian. Therefore
Don, Thanks for your reply. Where I am in my time zone should not matter provided I use the "local noon" or sun transit time. The Naval Observatory http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.html te
No. It is virtually useless to align an antenna on a tower, unless you like climbing at night. 73, Keith NM5G Did everyone in the northern hemisphere forget about the North Star??? 73, Carl VE9OV ___
The stick at high noon is a very good method and a lot more useful than stars at night. You do not have to live exactly at the time zone meridian. You just have to find the sunrise and sunset for *yo
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- 1. At night, stand at the base of the tower. 2. Find the north star. 3. Locate a landmark directly under the north star. 4. In the daytime, align the antenna to
We're planning for the long haul. In 20,000 years or so, Vega will be the north star. Who knows who might be reading old TT archives trying to align their Owl to True North, and get totally frustrate
Actually, Polaris has been mentioned often on the reflector in the past. To use Polaris [The North Star] to determine "True North": 1. At night, when [and where] Polaris is visible, stand on what you
Meridian transit (when the shadow points north) is NOT always halfway between sunrise and sunset (although it's certainly good enough for 1 degree kinds of accuracy) a) most (good) calculations of su
Actually, it was mentioned in the first 5 times this thread ran. Tom W7WHY Did everyone in the northern hemisphere forget about the North Star??? 73, Carl VE9OV ______________________________________