Or use this website: www.solar-noon.com to find true north. K5hv
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Rolf Krogstad Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 9:03 AM To: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] G5500 Bearing
When I put up my new beams recently I used the NOAA website which has a calculator.
Go to http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag/declination.shtml and click on DECLINATION.for the Magnetic Field Calculators.
Rolf NR0T EN34
On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 8:55 AM, Bill Booth ve3nxk@gmail.com wrote:
On 21/12/2015 5:47 PM, J. Boyd (JR2TTS) wrote:
Oh... hang on, this may be an important point I've been missing all this time, but this means one must determine the magnetic declination for
I use the sun to aim at. Set the controller to the sun az/el and then aim the antennas by hand and tighten down. Easier with 2 people, one of course with welders goggles.
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