[TowerTalk] North? Use the Moon!

[Jim]

I just used the the Sun and the tower shadow to find true north....
I made a pile of rocks at the "end" of the tower shadow.

I just sighted my TH6 to the pile of rocks....

Was able to do this with no additional help.


Thanks for the input!

73 !

Jim W7RY


-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Reid <kh7m@hsa-kauai.net>
To: Dale Martin <kg5u@hal-pc.org>; TowerTalk Reflector (E-mail)
<towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Monday, March 13, 2000 12:47
Subject: [TowerTalk] North? Use the Moon!


>
>Go out on a night as tonight is (near 1st Quarter Moon).
>
>Look up at the moon.  The line dividing the light and
>the dark of the moon is running exactly N-S!  That
>dividing line is called the "Terminator",  same as
>hear on our world.
>
>Works every month,  near the so called 1st quarter
>moon,  or when the moon's disk is about half illuminated.
>Moon and Earth travel together about the Sun  with both
>our's and the moon's N and S poles nearly coincident in
>pointing direction in space.
>
>Simple to see where North is this way.  Particularly accurate
>this month as we are nearly at the "equinox".
>
>73,  Jim,  KH7M
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