[amsat-bb] Re: Azimuth question

[Pete Rowe]

I sight on the North Star for all of my antenna projects. Easy to do and gets you right on (in the northern hemisphere, of course)

Pete
WA6WOA

--- On Sat, 1/9/10, Ken Ernandes <n2wwd at mindspring.com> wrote:

From: Ken Ernandes <n2wwd at mindspring.com>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Azimuth question
To: RSwart1 at twcny.rr.com, amsat-bb at amsat.org
Date: Saturday, January 9, 2010, 7:02 AM

Azimuth is referenced to True North.

Some software might allow magnetic, but that would likely be an optional
alternative to true north.

73, Ken N2WWD




-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Randy
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 9:26 AM
To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Azimuth question

Is azimuth base on true or magnetic north When lining up the antenna system
for satellites?
When I looked it up, says true north.
Is that true for ALL satrellite tracking software?

One website says 12 degrees 58 seconds West is the magnetic declination.
So does that mean turn my antenna west by that amount from Magnetic north?

Randy - N2CUA


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