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1. TRUE NORTH QUERY (score: 1): Author: brad4@roanoke.infi.net (M. Gray Brafford); Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 21:45:38 -0500; I hate to bring this up because last time someone asked this question on packet, the troops RAVED for weeks. Anyway here goes; anyone know a quick and dirty way of locating true North? Can it be as s; /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00125.html (7,759 bytes)
2. TRUE NORTH QUERY (score: 1): Author: wa2moe@doitnow.com (wa2moe@doitnow.com); Date: Mon, 06 Jan 1997 21:13:40 -0700; -- True north is compass north plus or minus deviation (that's magnetic north) and plus or minus variation (the difference between the north pole and magnetic north). That's the book method. The easy; /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00127.html (8,756 bytes)
3. TRUE NORTH QUERY (score: 1): Author: DArney@gnn.com (Dan Arney); Date: Mon, 06 Jan 1997 20:16:04; M. Gray, And the TRUE NORTH crowd: Well I am going to put this little tid bit of info into your data stream just to clue you in. First of all if you are not into laying out boundary lines for legal d; /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00128.html (10,399 bytes)
4. TRUE NORTH QUERY (score: 1): Author: aa6eg@tmx.com (Pat Barthelow); Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 20:25:44 -0800 (PST); Gary, Call your local airport control tower or FBO, and ask them what the magnetic declination is for your area. This is the difference in degrees between true north, and magnetic north. It drifts sl; /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00129.html (8,986 bytes)
5. TRUE NORTH QUERY (score: 1): Author: k1jks@juno.com (William G Bithell); Date: Mon, 06 Jan 1997 23:28:49 EST; OH NO!!!! Not this again! Get a boy scout to show you the big dipper and locate the north star (polaris) You can easily be off 30 degrees with a compass. -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towe; /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00130.html (8,735 bytes)
6. TRUE NORTH QUERY (score: 1): Author: n4si@techinter.com (n4si); Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 05:02:19 +0000; Is it ever! There is a factor called variation that represents the difference between true north and magnetic north in any given location. All aviation charts (I'm a pilot and air traffic controller; /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00131.html (10,315 bytes)
7. TRUE NORTH QUERY (score: 1): Author: broz@csn.net (John Brosnahan); Date: Mon, 06 Jan 1997 22:22:05 -0600; Yes. 1) Call the closest airport and ask for the magnetic offset information to correct your compass heading. Compasses are not very accurate, though. 2) Sight Polaris (the North star). For the most; /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00133.html (8,870 bytes)
8. TRUE NORTH QUERY (score: 1): Author: robrk@fyi.net (Bob Morris K2RK); Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 00:22:17 -0800; Down-load a copy of GeoClock....Wait for the sun to shine, have a bunch of sharp sticks, and build your own Stone Hedge..to late at nite to spell good.... -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/tow; /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00134.html (8,713 bytes)
9. True north query (score: 1): Author: crb@nanoteq.co.za (Chris R. Burger); Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 09:23:43 +200; Here's another addition, for those in sunny climes: Drive a stake into the ground. Observe how the shadow moves through the day. Trace the path of the shadow's tip. It should form a parabola, or simi; /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00140.html (7,985 bytes)
10. TRUE NORTH QUERY (score: 1): Author: kb0uy@iland.net (John Bates, Jr.); Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 04:22:00 -0600; Place a stake in the ground. Find the sun rise and sun set time for that day. Devide it in half. The shadow from that stake at that time will be true north. Compare it with the compus and you will se; /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00141.html (8,810 bytes)
11. TRUE NORTH QUERY (score: 1): Author: tomwagner@mindspring.com (Tom Wagner); Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 06:10:11 -0500; Yes, Mick. Just add/subtract the declination listed on the topographical map for your area. Any rock-climbing or camping store should have the maps. You need one of these maps anyway to do terrain mo; /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00142.html (8,598 bytes)
12. TRUE NORTH QUERY (score: 1): Author: donovanf@sgate.com (Frank Donovan); Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 15:46:05 -0500 (EST); Hi Mick! There are many quick and dirty ways! - Determine true South, and true north is exactly opposite... (pardon my plagiarism...) - Use a compass, determining the declination ("offset") from a US; /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00155.html (9,369 bytes)
13. TRUE NORTH QUERY (score: 1): Author: k1ttt@berkshire.net (David Robbins); Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 22:07:59 +0000; next time start at: http://www.berkshire.net/~robbins/technote/geography.html and spare the reflector. -- David Robbins K1TTT (ex KY1H) k1ttt@berkshire.net or robbins@berkshire.net http://www.berkshi; /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00159.html (8,095 bytes)
14. TRUE NORTH QUERY (score: 1): Author: WF3H@enter.net (bob); Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 03:39:58 -0100; just use the north star. it's 3/4 of ONE degree off of true north. no rotator controller can measure that accurately, and no beam width is so narrow that this tiny difference can even be seen. dont b; /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-01/msg00230.html (8,201 bytes)

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