- 1. [TowerTalk] Re: Variation and Declination (score: 1)
- Author: wa2moe@doitnow.com (Stu Greene)
- Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 18:06:34 -0700
- There has been a bit of confusion between these two words. Declination is the angle of arc, north or south, between a body on the celestial sphere and the celestial equator. Variation is the differen
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-10/msg00074.html (8,797 bytes)
- 2. [TowerTalk] Re: Variation and Declination (score: 1)
- Author: aa4nn@juno.com (Joe L Blackwell)
- Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 22:22:04 -0400
- Variations up to 20 degrees is certainly a concern for determining how best to set antenna directivity. Just wondering, how wrong could a person be it the boom of an antenna was pointing right at the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-10/msg00077.html (8,332 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] Re: Variation and Declination (score: 1)
- Author: wa2moe@doitnow.com (Stu Greene)
- Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 20:59:05 -0700
- Joe...you'd be right on the money as long as the needle in your control box read "N" or "S" -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administra
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-10/msg00079.html (8,020 bytes)
- 4. [TowerTalk] Re: Variation and Declination (score: 1)
- Author: jreisert@jlc.net (Joe Reisert)
- Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 09:01:29 -0400
- Joe, degree from true North. That is certainly good enough for all work except 10 GHz EME! 73, Joe, W1JR -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.c
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-10/msg00081.html (8,085 bytes)
- 5. [TowerTalk] Re: Variation and Declination (score: 1)
- Author: w7why@harborside.com (Tom Osborne)
- Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 21:58:20 -0700
- This kinda seems like deja vu! I think we been down this road before :-) Tom W7WHY -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requ
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-10/msg00097.html (7,965 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] Re: Variation and Declination (score: 1)
- Author: Tower2sell@aol.com (Tower2sell@aol.com)
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 05:23:41 EDT
- Just remember guys, that if you use a magenetic compass near a large STEEL tower you may get a wrong reading. Do I need to explain why? -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Subm
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-10/msg00181.html (8,220 bytes)
- 7. [TowerTalk] Re: Variation and Declination (score: 1)
- Author: aa4nn@juno.com (Joe L Blackwell)
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 14:09:02 -0400
- Whoa a minute. If one is pointing a boom right at the North Star, what has magnetic forces got to do with it ? We all pretty much understand how nearby metallic objects can influence a compass. de Jo
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1999-10/msg00202.html (9,371 bytes)
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