Looks like we have found a replacement for the "true north" thread!!!
--- Jon Schmidt wrote:
>
> John,
>
> Here's how I do it:
>
>
> Get a large bowl of water or large mirror and place
> it on the ground a good
> distance from the tree. Now, walk past the mirror
> or bowl in a line with the
> tree and look into the reflecting surface, moving
> back and forth until you see
> the top of the tree in the reflection. Mark the
> spot where you are standing.
> Measure the distance from the base of the tree to
> the center of the reflecting
> surface and from the center of the reflecting
> surface to the mark you made on
> the ground. Next measure the height of your eyes
> above ground.
> Now you all that you have to do is to figure the
> ratio of the 2 triangle bases
> and multiply your eye height by this ratio and you
> will have the height of the
> tree.
>
>
> Works for me!
>
> Jon WD8JSA
> San Clemente, CA
>
>
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