Greetings all,
Several months ago I bought a house and the previous owners left me with one
of those 12" diameter satellite dishes. I have no need or want of Direct TV or
satellite TV.
I was sitting there thinking one day that it would make a really nice direct
south facing sundial. My house already faces a little east of south anyway,
and the location where the dish is gets direct sunlight almost all year round.
My questions is this: Do I need to make any adjustment in the calculations
of the hour lines for the shape of the dish? If so what is the formula?
I am going to install a simple style using a metal road about a half inch in
diameter. I want this sundial to tell solar time not necessarily actual time.
Though one day I may install an equation of time underneat the dial .
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