[TowerTalk] north

[Chuck Dietz]

I guess I'm just lucky.  I bought the Corps of Engineers map for my
location and the highrise buildings in downtown Houston are about 20 miles
due north.  On most days I can see them to aim the antennas.

Merry Christmas!

Chuck W5PR

On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
wrote:

> On Thu,12/25/2014 5:31 AM, Jim Lux wrote:
>
>> getting true "north" to even one degree accuracy is harder than it seems
>> at first glance.
>>
>
> My QTH is south of San Francisco. I've aligned both of my rotators to true
> north using the shadow cast by the towers. On a bright day, summer or
> winter, shadows are clearly defined. Agreed that the towers are not narrow,
> but neither are the patterns of the 3-el Yagis on top, and they are
> carefully plumbed to vertical. :)
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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