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Re: Abbreviations
From: Helio Carvalho Viana
Date: 1999 Feb 23, 6:16 AM
From: Helio Carvalho Viana
Date: 1999 Feb 23, 6:16 AM
> MNT= Start of Morning Nautical Twilight Hs= sextant altitude > ECT= End of Evening Civil Twlight Ha= apparant altitude > ZT= Zone Time Ho= observed Altitude > GMT= Greenwich Mean Time (aka: UTC) Hc= calculated altitude > LMT= Local Mean Time LAN= Local Apparant Noon > DR= Dead Reckoning F.= farenheit > TC= True Course C.= celsius > CC= Compass Course Mb= millibars > EP= Estimated Position Hg= inches of mercury > FIX= Ha! FIX Dist= Distance in mi > Var= Variation d= degree > Dev= deviation '= minute of arc > Kts= Knots Hrs= Hours of time > mi= Nautical Miles min= minute(s) of time > SS= Sunset sec= second(s) of time > SR= Sunrise SR= Sight Reduction > mtrs= meters Zn = azimuth > fath= fathoms N= North > LL= Lower limb S= South > UL= Upper Limb E= East > Alt= Altitude W= West > > Wind is given in the direction from which it is blowing. > Current is given in the direction toward which it is flowing. > > Any others that may crop up will be spelled out in the problem. > > > > > Dan Hogan > West Covina, CA > dhhogan@lightside.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This mail list is managed by the majordomo program. > To from this list, send the following message > to majordomo@ronin.com: navigation > For help, send the following message to majordomo@ronin.com: help > Do NOT send administrative requests to navigation@ronin.com. Thanks. -ben > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= =-= TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send this message to majordomo@roninhouse.com: =-= =-= navigation =-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=
