M. Gray Brafford wrote:
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> 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 simple as adding an x
> number of degrees one way or the other to a compass north reading?
> What say you?
> Mick...W4YV
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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 see the
degrees difference.
John
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