Topband: Steady Carrier on 80 CW -BTW

[Mike Waters]

Or a compass laying on a camera tripod, and an up-to-date magnetic
declination map (Google it).

73, Mike
www.w0btu.com


On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Charlie Cunningham <
charlie-cunningham at nc.rr.com> wrote:

>  ... by using a solar determination of true North.
> The way  that I do it for my antenna arrays is:
>
> 1.0  Use a weather site to determine local sunrise and sunset times for
> your
> location on the day that you are going to make the determination.
>
> 2.0  Split the difference to determine the time for your local solar noon.
>
> 3.0  At the time of your local solar noon, a vertical shaft (determined by
> plumb line or spirit level) will cast a shadow that points to true North.
> (Best done on sunny day of course!)
>