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[TowerTalk] And now for something completely different (True North)

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Subject: [TowerTalk] And now for something completely different (True North)
From: "Carl Smidt" <xveoneov@primus.ca>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:57:36 -0300
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 Did everyone in the northern hemisphere forget about the North Star???

 73,  Carl  VE9OV



> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Don Havlicek" <n8de@thepoint.net>
> To: <w0uce@nc.rr.com>
> Cc: "'Robert Chudek - KØRC'" <k0rc@pclink.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 1:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] And now for something completely different (True 
> North) - was Re: Mast -- Drill or not?
>
>
> Here we go again.
> This method only works for those who live exactly on the time zone 
> meridian.
> Don
> N8DE
>
> J A Ritter wrote:
>> Two sticks, one vertical, the other horizontal placed along the path of 
>> the
>> shadow at high noon will show True North...
>>
>> 73,
>> Jack W0UCE
>> Website: www.w0uce.net
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
>> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Robert Chudek - 
>> KØRC
>> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 11:03 PM
>> To: towertalk@contesting.com
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] And now for something completely different (True 
>> North)
>> - was Re: Mast -- Drill or not?
>>
>> HEY!!! Did I hear someone asking how to determine "True North"?!?!?!?!? 
>> It
>> was kinda hard to hear over the S-9 Hoot Owl thread and +20 dB generator
>> noise right now... :-)
>>
>> As everyone knows, there's been enough threads regarding finding "True
>> North" to weave a fine pair of socks... But that aside, you can use 
>> Goggle
>> Earth to determine "that direction" using their tool to zoom into any
>> location in question. The map defaults to N/S orientation.
>>
>> I verified my antenna alignment by picking a known object a half mile 
>> away
>> from my tower. In my case it happens to be the east side of a church down
>> the road. Not all areas on earth have been mapped with high resolution 
>> yet,
>> so this technique might not work for everyone.
>>
>> Credit goes to my late father who taught me this "lining up" technique 
>> when
>> we were fishing on Mille Lacs Lake (about 27 miles across) locating 
>> specific
>> fishing spots. This in the 1950's, way before GPS.
>>
>> 73 de Bob - K0RC in MN
>>
>>
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:01:21 -0700
>> From: "Michael" <noddy1211@sbcglobal.net>
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Mast -- Drill or not?
>> To: <wa3afs@inav.net>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
>> Message-ID: <000d01c6c85f$b62c9060$0f01a8c0@Mikes2>
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>>
>> http://www.thecompassstore.com/decvar.html#
>>
>> Try the above link to work out your Declination, there is a link on the
>> site to a calculator.  I doubt you would be as much as 30 degrees off
>> true north, I am 18 degrees here by SFO.
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