[TowerTalk] Direction Finding

K7LXC@aol.com K7LXC@aol.com
Sun, 12 Mar 2000 15:28:01 EST


In a message dated 03/12/2000 11:58:51 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
wa2moe@doitnow.com writes:

> This subject comes up time and time again.  We're going to get bombed with 
>  shadow theories, but what's wrong with using the North Star (Polaris) as a 
>  northern reference?  It doesn't move more than a degree off true north and 
>  is visible in most of the Northern Hemisphere.

       That's what surveryors use. 

Cheers,   Steve    K7LXC

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