Or, as I do, simply point the rear of the beam due south!
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From: Crawford, Victor <crawford@torchlake.com>
To: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
Cc: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] true north
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>>There's a big archive from about a year ago, but the most astute
suggestion
>>I ever saw was from W3LPL, I think.. He suggested that you pick a sunny
>>day, ascertain the local sunrise and sunset times from the paper or packet
>>cluster, exactly split the difference, and at that precise time look at
the
>>shadow cast by your tower. The bearing of the shadow will be true north.
>>You can then select an appropriate reference point and NEVER have to go
>>through this again.
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>>73, Pete Smith N4ZR
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>Another easy way is to line your boom up with the North Star.
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