[TowerTalk] North? Use the Moon!

[Jim Reid]

> 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....

Aloha,

Go out,  right now.  Aim that TH6 to the North,  per
the rotor control.

Then line your self up where you can sight to the moon
and the boom of the beam.  Both the boom and
the terminator of the moon should be exactly parallel!

All of this works best in the early evening,  even before
sunset,  but the moon is high overhead,  and clearly
visible.

Then you know your work using the Sun,  the rocks,
and the shadow were just fine.

73,  Jim,  KH7M



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