Everyone is missing the easiest way. Put up the plastic owl, and rotate it
slowly every day till the pigeons no longer roost, and THAT is true north
I've found a good way to stop the pigeons from roosting on my antenna about a
week ago, or should I say it found me. A local red tail hawk that nests about
1/3 mile away has discovered the pigeons. He started taking a pigeon or so a
day from my yard or antenna. For some reason, the pigeons have been reduced in
number by a lot more than the number he has eaten. Man the feathers fly when he
hits the bird...
--
73 de KG2V
Charlie
> On Dec 25, 2014, at 3:53 PM, Don <w7wll@arrl.net> wrote:
>
> Dang! Don't 'cha you just love what science brings to our everyday table.
> Sixty years of hamming and I never knew my old eyeballing of my yagi's were
> so imprecise, ashamed! Must be way I couldn't break some of the east coast
> curtain pileups from time to time.
>
> I will start paying attention to the walkers and their dogs down in the
> village. Suspect I will have to be fast though if I want to get a good
> bearing from a local dog (I have a cat but think they are more direction
> aligned to the direction of the kitty litter box). Perhaps someone has some
> information on that. Hope the ladies don't think I'm bit daft sneaking up
> behind their pooches.
>
> Will try the solar noon trick when we see some sun next Spring.
>
> What a great site for information.
>
> Hope Santa brought what you all wanted.
>
> Don W7WLL
>
> -----Original Message----- From: RMorris
> Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2014 10:47 AM
> Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] north
>
>
>> On Dec 25, 2014, at 1:39 AM, Spencer wrote:
>>
>> In the northern hemisphere, the shadow of a vertical object at solar noon
>> will point north.
>>
>> MERRY CHRISTMAS
>>
>> Spencer W1GAK
>
> Since about every subject comes around twice a year, I'll repeat the north
> finding method reported six months ago, without cell phones, stars, and
> sticks.
>
> http://www.livescience.com/42317-dogs-poop-along-north-south-magnetic-lines.html
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/watching-them-poop-researchers-discover-that-dogs-can-sense-which-way-is-north/2014/01/26/26f7f85e-83ae-11e3-bbe5-6a2a3141e3a9_story.html
>
> http://news.discovery.com/animals/pets/dogs-have-a-butt-compass-poop-facing-ns-pole-140102.htm
>
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