[TowerTalk] compass question

[Richard M. Gillingham]

Keeping in mind, of coarse, that the Magnetic North Pole moves.  Ever so 
slowly, but it moves.  When I first came to the Miami area, the Agonic 
line (line of zero magnetic deviation) passed a mile or so off shore to 
the east.  Now we have a 4 or 5 degree deviation.  so the mark on the 
globe is good for only a few years.  

I like finding Polaris.  Easy.
Gil, w1RG

n4kg at juno.com wrote:

>Simple solution from ANY place in the world:
>
>Get a Globe.
>
>Mark the location of the Magnetic North Pole.
>
>OBSERVE the angle from your QTH to the rotational 
>(True) North Pole and the Magnetic North Pole.
>
>It will then be obvious whether True North is East or West
>of Magnetic North.
>
>Tom  N4KG
>
>On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 18:57:38 -0500 "RICHARD BOYD" <ke3q at msn.com> writes:
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>>No, this is not the perennial finding true north question.  In my 
>>area, Maryland, the "magnetic deviation" is about 10 degrees.  I can 
>>never remember, though, if that means when I have my compass out I 
>>should let the needle come to a stop on 350 or on 10 to have zero 
>>pointing at true north.  Magnetic north is where the needle will 
>>point, obviously, and true north is 10 degrees off from that, but I 
>>can never remember which way.  ?  73 - Rich, KE3Q
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