[TowerTalk] Re: Variation and Declination

Stu Greene wa2moe@doitnow.com
Mon, 04 Oct 1999 20:59:05 -0700


At 10:22 PM 10/04/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>
>Variations up to 20 degrees is certainly a concern for determining
>how best to set antenna directivity.  Just wondering, how wrong could
>a person be it the boom of an antenna was pointing right at the
>North Star (Polaris), regardless of QTH in Maine or Pacific NW?
>de Joe, AA4NN
>
Joe...you'd be right on the money as long as the needle in your control box
read "N"  or "S"

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