Re: [amsat-bb] Re: True North - Sorry - 1 hour error in original calc.

[Roy Welch <rdwelch@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Why not aim your antennas at Polaris, the north star.  At that point your
azimuth is zero and the elevation is equal to your latitude.

Clifford Buttschardt wrote:
> 
> Hey all, this is JUST too complicated!  Indeed true North or South is
> easily gotten by calculations of "Local Apparent Noon" as many of us that
> have done navigation, but what is important is what time is midway
> between sunrise and sunset.  The very worst error is two minutes and for
> ham purposes, that is minor!  Simply find the time of local sunrise and
> sunset and divide by two.  This assumes that all the local differences are
> already calculated-----which is usually done by the TV personalities who
> have no clue what they are expounding, but they sure try hard.
>      This eliminates the problem of local or UTC time.  As has been
> suggested earlier, I wish all of us would be on UTC, but then, this not
> likely to happen, but the idea of satellite operators on UTC is excellent!
>      Do consult some local charts if you can.  On the coast the sunrise
> and sunset is gotten easily.  Do not be surprised if that figure is
> quite different from local noon!  In any case the result is usually no
> more than the difference between your house and the local pub!
> Cliff K7RR
> 
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