[TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 71, Issue 87

Roger (K8RI) K8RI-on-TowerTalk at tm.net
Tue Nov 25 13:03:26 EST 2008


Doug Grant wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008,  "Leigh L. Klotz, Jr WA5ZNU" <Leigh at WA5ZNU.org> wrote:
>
>   
>> But seriously folks...
>>
>> 1. Go to http://sunrisesunset.com and look up your QTH city or latitude
>> and longitude.
>> 2. Calculate High Noon = (Sunrise+Sunset)/2
>> 3. Go outside at that time.
>> 4. The Shadow of your tower will point true north.
>>     
>
> What about the shadow of a 43-foot vertical (and associated remote tuner)?
>
> And what if it's cloudy outside?
>   

Use the method  do... It 's called, "That looks about right".  For most 
antennas (except the very large arrays) it works quite well. Works rain 
or shine, day or  night and except for the directionally challenged it 
is well within tolerance.

73

Roger (K8RI)
> 73,
>
> Doug K1DG in rainy NH...
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