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    Re: Horizontal Sextant angles plot.
    From: Byron Franklin
    Date: 2012 Apr 5, 08:46 -0700

    Sextant Angles are accurate, but compass bearings are accurate also.The US Navy uses the compass because with a port and Stabd bearing taker you can cover 360 degrees of the Navaids available,also the time to take bearings are only seconds for three bearings. The scope for bearings are near one tenth of degree.
    With no compass error fixes are taken every three minutes and plotted. See Franklin Ploting Technique. the same rules apply to compass and sextant for accuracy or circle running, If the the middle Navaid is farther and near the circle running on each navaid and observer the fix is undetermible. This can be seem on the chart by the Navigator and he must stay away from this situation..
    The 3 arm is a nice tool to have but, the same task can be done with tables or a small plastic compass in degrees.see 25 Nov 2010.
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