My iPhone and my military surplus compass agree within 1 degree of each other.
How close do you really have to get?? I would think if you were within 10
degrees of accurate you would be OK.
DALE K4ROZ
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1. Re: Using an iPhone App to line up your antenna (Gary Schafer)
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Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 14:57:41 -0500
From: "Gary Schafer" <garyschafer@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Using an iPhone App to line up your antenna
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That sounds like an invitation for an owl to come and crap on the iphone.
73
Gary K4FMX
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> Subject: [TowerTalk] Using an iPhone App to line up your antenna
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> Sure would be handy if you could take your iPhone up the tower - place
> the phone in line with the antenna boom - just off the tower (maybe
> with a nice holder to keep it in place - bungee?).
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> Then access a compass App that would tell you the true direction
> (magnetic auto corrected by location).
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> Would have to insure the iPhone and App were not affected by being
> close to the aluminum boom or the tower.
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> Has anyone ever done this with the iPhone and a compass App -
> accurately/ successfully?
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> 73,
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> Tim K3LR
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