I wonder if sailing ships would follow the compass during the day and
true up with Polaris at night.
I know the difference was less pronounced then, but it must have still
been there and they must have noticed. Maybe if you're target is to hit
the right continent then it ain't really a problem.
-Adam
On 5/10/2019 7:11 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
Probably...
For scouts, they normally are not that into absolute bearings and
headings. More just NNE type of accuracy.
But yeah, West coast magnetic variations/declination are much more
pronounced than areas where the folks that live on the agonic line
like you.
Main and NW Washington state are 20 degrees off.
If you learn to fly a plane in the Pacific Northwest back in the day
of compass and sectional, it was an important factor. As I recall VOR
stations and victor airways are on a magnetic heading vs true. But
they don’t adjust VOR stations for magnetic field drift after they are
installed.
I think the FCC is all about true north. And of course you can get a
pretty good heading off the North star or Orions belt. Can’t remember
which of the three stars is due East/West.
*From:* Ken Hohhof
*Sent:* Friday, May 10, 2019 4:58 PM
*To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group'
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Antenna Aligner
You’re not making me less confused.
Back when I was teaching cub scouts to use a compass, was I teaching
them a bunch of crap?
*From:*AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *SmarterBroadband
*Sent:* Friday, May 10, 2019 5:48 PM
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*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Antenna Aligner
14 for me.
*From:*AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *ch...@wbmfg.com
*Sent:* Friday, May 10, 2019 3:18 PM
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It is only 1 or 2 degrees where you live but it is probably 15 degrees
where Bill lives.
*From:*Ken Hohhof
*Sent:*Friday, May 10, 2019 4:14 PM
*To:*'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group'
*Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] Antenna Aligner
Whenever I see the difference between magnetic and true north I get
confused about which one we’re supposedly using and decide 1 or 2
degrees doesn’t matter on a 90 degree sector. Plus I get lazy and
just align the sectors to the tower faces or the roads.
*From:*AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Daniel White
*Sent:* Friday, May 10, 2019 4:37 PM
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*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Antenna Aligner
I've used the 3Z and Sunsight ones some. It was a few years ago though.
Really it boils down if you want the screen on the device or to use
your phone or sometheneing else. I'd probably go with Sunsight
personally, but either are a good investment.
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SmarterBroadband wrote on 5/10/19 15:28:
Thinking of getting an Antenna Aligner for Sector and Dish alignment.
Choices seem to be
Multiwave Smart Aligner
3Z Telecom RF Vision
Sunsight
Anyone have experience of any of these?
Thanks
Adam
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