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Re: "Emergency Navigation" by David Burch
From: John Huth
Date: 2009 Dec 5, 17:02 -0500
From: John Huth
Date: 2009 Dec 5, 17:02 -0500
Yes, it's a great book. There are some things I could quibble with, but those are minor. What's good about the book is it forces you to think through a lot of issues from first principles, and has a lot of non-standard lore.
As you mentioned, using a loopstick antenna for radio direction finding (I've already experimented with a cheap AM radio, and will attest that it works, so now I'm building my own from scratch - I got that idea from Burch's book).
I liked the inclusion of the discussion of weather - veering and backing winds at storm fronts and finding winds aloft.
I agree that there are some clunkers in there, but even thinking through those are fun.
I keep going back again and again to it. I'll second that recommendation.
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As you mentioned, using a loopstick antenna for radio direction finding (I've already experimented with a cheap AM radio, and will attest that it works, so now I'm building my own from scratch - I got that idea from Burch's book).
I liked the inclusion of the discussion of weather - veering and backing winds at storm fronts and finding winds aloft.
I agree that there are some clunkers in there, but even thinking through those are fun.
I keep going back again and again to it. I'll second that recommendation.
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 4:32 PM, <frankreed@historicalatlas.com> wrote:
The talk about makeshift radio direction finders reminded me that I've been meaning to post about David Burch's book "Emergency Navigation".
I'll make this review short and sweet: BUY IT. It's great fun and it's filled with lots of clever little tricks for many aspects of traditional navigation, whether you're ever in an emergency at sea or not. They're not all winners, but they're all thought-provoking. The book is well-written and inexpensive. The illustrations are excellent.
There have been some discussions on NavList before about specific topics from this book, and I'm glad I finally got around to buying a copy. This was one of those rare cases where the advantage of a "brick-and-mortar" bookstore (as opposed to an online virtual store) made the sale for me. Flipping through it convinced me I wanted it. I bought my copy from the store at Mystic Seaport back in August, and incidentally, it was on a shelf with quite a few other navigation books including one by the prolific Hewitt Schlereth (who is also a NavList member :-) ).
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