RoveSite Information Sheet

UC Santa Cruz overlook

Santa Cruz, CA

CM86xx

Site Description and Notes

Geographic Coordinates

	DD MM SS.S	DD MM.MMMMM	DD.DDDDD
Latitude	36° 59' 26.9" N	36° 59.44979'	36.99083°
Longitude	122° 2' 56.6" W	-122° 2.944800'	-122.04908°

Stats

Ground Elevation 560' ASL
Santa Cruz County, CA
ARRL: SCV Section, Pacific Division

Comments by Tom, KE6FI - May, 2003

This site is located on a small dirt pullout off of Glenn Coolidge Drive on the UC Santa Cruz campus. There is good visibility in all directions except for a slight rise due north.
The campus police are friendly but may ask what you are doing.
If you plan on operating the June ARRL contest, you should check the graduation calendar as graduation is frequently the same weekend. If you arrive at the campus just prior to an event traffic will be a mess. Note that there are multiple colleges each with their own ceremony.
Since the site is too small for multiple operators, KE6FI attempts to keep a list of who will be at the site during major contest. Please contact him to coordinate your visit.

Antenna Bearings and Distances

Map with range rings

Map courtesy of AZ_PROJ by NA3T and NV3Z. (Each ring is 50 mi or 80 km apart.)

Maps will take from 30 sec - 5 mins on an unloaded server, depending on the amount of information plotted. Microsoft IE may time out after 3 mins.

Magnetic Declination (Variation)

Magnetic Declination, sometimes called Variation (especially in the aircraft world), is the difference between True North and Magnetic North. It is expressed in the number of degrees difference between the two directions and on which side of True North you will find Magnetic North.

(Declination was calculated on the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center web page at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomagmodels/Declination.jsp)

Distance and Bearings Table

Notes:

All antenna bearings on this page are referenced to True North.
(All bearings and distances were calculated using the formulas of BD.EXE, Version 2004 by W9IP and N1BWT and using the exact geographical coordinates for each location.)

The following table shows targets that are within 250 miles (400km) of this RoveSite.

Grid Locator	Distance (mi)	Distance (km)	Bearing To (deg)	Bearing From (deg)	Description
CM98ah	91.672	147.532	1.96	181.99	Sonoma Mountain [CA]
CM99cf	154.657	248.896	4.80	184.95	Sutter Buttes [CA]
CN90fl	242.970	391.023	6.78	187.12	Lassen Peak [CA]
CM97bv	61.872	99.574	6.87	186.95	Mount Diablo [CA]
CM98mr	132.540	213.302	25.57	206.22	Pine Hill [CA]
CM98tu	156.035	251.115	34.57	215.58	Big Hill [CA]
CM97ei	32.973	53.065	42.68	222.93	Mount Hamilton [CA]
CM97hm	51.476	82.842	46.04	226.45	Mount Oso [CA]
CM97bc	14.011	22.549	53.71	233.84	Loma Prieta [CA]
DM07ie	151.860	244.394	84.51	266.16	Musik Mountain [CA]
DM06un	210.261	338.383	96.63	278.88	Mount Whitney [CA]
CM96fs	34.248	55.117	117.90	298.23	Fremont Peak [CA]
CM96qi	89.006	143.241	118.35	299.19	San Benito Mountain [CA]
CM96qi	91.882	147.869	118.46	299.33	Santa Rita Peak [CA]
DM04ms	230.641	371.180	130.57	312.37	Frazier Mountain [CA]
DM04kt	221.491	356.455	131.85	313.55	Mount Pinos [CA]
CM88km	119.758	192.732	331.04	150.38	Pole Mountain [CA]
CM88kn	125.179	201.456	331.29	150.61	Morhardt Ridge [CA]
CM88mm	117.861	189.679	335.24	154.68	Mount Jackson [CA]
CM87rw	70.901	114.103	336.02	155.70	Mount Tamalpais (East Peak) [CA]
CM89ih	174.252	280.432	337.95	157.20	Laughlin Ridge [CA]
CM87uk	33.816	54.421	339.51	159.38	Canada College [CA]
CM88qq	120.043	193.190	344.78	164.42	Mount Saint Helena [CA]
CM87wh	23.134	37.231	346.63	166.57	Black Mountain (West Bay) [CA]
CM89ow	206.731	332.701	349.11	168.66	Ball Mountain [CA]
CM89px	208.630	335.757	349.90	169.48	Ball Rock [CA]
CN80on	248.882	400.537	351.26	170.81	Bully Choop Mountain [CA]
CM88wj	97.275	156.548	358.21	178.18	Mount Vaca [CA]

Visible Landmarks

(Useful for calibrating your rotator.)

Landmark	Distance (mi)	Bearing (deg)

Photos

There are no photos available for this site.

Acknowledgements

Information on this page was obtained from KE6FI

Last Update

This Information Sheet was last updated on December 18, 2008 at 00:15:19 GMT

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