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1. [TowerTalk] Finding the height of trees (score: 1): Author: jfleming@shelbynet.net (WA9ALS - John); Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 22:25:57 -0500; There has to be some little "rule of thumb" to estimate the height of trees - any help? I sorta remember some things about 30-60 right triangles etc, but for example, I've heard the Boy Scouts have s; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00526.html (8,884 bytes)
2. [TowerTalk] Finding the height of trees (score: 1): Author: k4oj@ij.net (Jim White, K4OJ); Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 23:34:17 -0400; ....go out in your yard and place a yard stick on end...note the time when its shadow is a yard long in the afternoon. This is when the sun is at the right angle to give you a shadow equal to "h"eigh; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00527.html (9,185 bytes)
3. [TowerTalk] Finding the height of trees (score: 1): Author: rhodes@willinet.net (Jim Rhodes); Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 23:20:28 -0500; Now, it has been more than a few years since I was a boy scout. But the trick we used was to stand a pereson of known height next to the tree or whatever, then back off a approximately a couple of ti; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00529.html (9,407 bytes)
4. [TowerTalk] Finding the height of trees (score: 1): Author: kg5u@hal-pc.org (Dale L. Martin); Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 00:39:05 -0500; time when I tried that, but everytime I went to measure the shadow, it disappeared. I'm not very good at math, so will this work? Go out at any time (preferably during daylight hours). Place the yar; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00530.html (9,103 bytes)
5. [TowerTalk] Finding the height of trees (score: 1): Author: Robert & Kathy A. Langham" <bobkathylangham@worldnet.att.net (Robert & Kathy A. Langham); Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 06:23:31 -0400; If you take your yardstick and tape a pencil to the end at a 45 degree angle, walk back from the tree until the pencil points to the top of the tree with the other end of the stick on the ground, the; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00531.html (9,053 bytes)
6. [TowerTalk] Finding the height of trees (score: 1): Author: aa6eg@hh.tmx.com (Pat Barthelow); Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 21:54:37 -0700 (PDT); HI John, I have seen some excellent replies...probably better than I can offer here....but.....If you can generate a 45 degree up angle from horizontal, and a suitable sighting device,(protractor, wo; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00533.html (10,551 bytes)
7. [TowerTalk] Finding the height of trees (score: 1): Author: Chad.Kurszewski@motorola.com (Kurszewski Chad-WCK005); Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 07:53:07 -0500; This is how I've seen it done (as above). But instead of using a pencil, just use a 12" ruler. Precisely: Have a person of known height (for example, 6') stand at the base of the tree. (Or, have that; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00543.html (9,915 bytes)
8. [TowerTalk] Finding the height of trees (score: 1): Author: spelunk.sueno@cwix.com (spelunk.sueno); Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 19:40:11 -0400; John: The only height-measuring trick I remember from the Boy Scouts is the following. Move some distance away from the tree (the illustration in The Manual of Scouting shows the scout far enough awa; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00551.html (10,795 bytes)
9. [TowerTalk] Finding the height of trees (score: 1): Author: n8ug@juno.com (n8ug@juno.com); Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 22:44:29 -0400; Several years ago, W9DNI and I applied our collective genius to determining whether a big dead oak, when felled, would hit the porch of his QTH. With the use of most of the methods in the several rep; /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-04/msg00563.html (10,754 bytes)

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