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Re: Ageton on an Index Card
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2009 Dec 05, 21:33 -0800
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From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2009 Dec 05, 21:33 -0800
You should also look at Dreisonstok and Weems which provide shorter
solutions than Ageton. Check out this topic that compares all three.
http://groups.google.com/group/navlist/browse_thread/thread/529edc05997d59d7?hl=en#
gl
Greg Rudzinski wrote:
http://groups.google.com/group/navlist/browse_thread/thread/529edc05997d59d7?hl=en#
gl
Greg Rudzinski wrote:
The Ageton method is worth a try as a unique alteritive to the many sight reduction methods out there. For those not familiar with the Ageton method expect to spend a day practicing to get comfortable with Bowditch table #35 (or H.O. 211) and the suggested sequence of solution involving A, B, and K values. At first the whole reduction process will seem strange but the method will grow on you each time a sight reduction is completed. It takes about ten minutes to obtain an Hc and Azimuth. The compact size of the tables and being able to use any assumed position are the advantages over Pub 249 and 229. The whole reduction can be done on one side of an index card as seen attached.
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