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On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 18:49:14 -0500, "Jim Miller"
<JimMiller@STL-OnLine.Net> wrote:
>According to "true north", is the North Star really at 0.00 degrees from
>north? Is it our actual "true north"?
>73, Jim
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According to Wikipedia, Polaris is 42 minutes of arc away from true
north, so as the earth rotates, it describes a circle around true
north of that radius. For ham purposes, that should be close enough to
true north for antenna aiming. I don't know of any HF antennas that
are anywhere so narrow that that much error would cause a problem, or
even be noticeable.
Bill, W6WRT
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