[TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 109, Issue 15

[Dale M. Schwartz]

My iPhone and my military surplus compass agree within 1 degree of each other. How close do you really have to get?? I would think if you were within 10 degrees of accurate you would be OK.

			DALE	K4ROZ

 
       

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   1. Re: Using an iPhone App to line up your antenna (Gary Schafer)


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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 14:57:41 -0500
From: "Gary Schafer" <garyschafer at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Using an iPhone App to line up your antenna
To: <k3lr at k3lr.com>,	<towertalk at contesting.com>
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That sounds like an invitation for an owl to come and crap on the iphone. 

73
Gary  K4FMX

> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:towertalk- 
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tim Duffy K3LR
> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 2:34 PM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Using an iPhone App to line up your antenna
> 
> Sure would be handy if you could take your iPhone up the tower - place 
> the phone in line with the antenna boom - just off the tower (maybe 
> with a nice holder to keep it in place - bungee?).
> 
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> 
> Then access a compass App that would tell you the true direction 
> (magnetic auto corrected by location).
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> 
> Would have to insure the iPhone and App were not affected by being 
> close to the aluminum boom or the tower.
> 
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> 
> Has anyone ever done this with the iPhone and a compass App - 
> accurately/ successfully?
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> 
> 73,
> 
> Tim K3LR
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