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Re: Calculators
From: Dan Hogan
Date: 1999 Aug 30, 12:15 PM
From: Dan Hogan
Date: 1999 Aug 30, 12:15 PM
Millard; I use a pair of HP32 SII's for navigation. But only because they were gifts, at the same birthday. I use one programmed for Mercator Sailing DR and One programmed for Sight Reduction. They barely have enough memory to work the programs. I have an HP48GX that has a lot of Navigation programs available but the HP48's have a steep learning curve and are RPN calculators. Also HP has introduced a new HP49 recently. Tom Metcalf has a program written for the SX series that can be adapted to the GX. The Texas Instrument TI 82(and above) are excellent algebraic calculators and Bill Wallace has a very good program available for them. If I were to go to a dedicated navigation calculator I would pick the Celestocomp V. But my ideal choice is a Handheld dos computer that I could run Navig on and also use as a log and calculator. Dan Hogan WA6PBY C27 "Gacha" dhhogan@nav.cnchost.com Navigation-L: http://nav.cnchost.com
