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Makes even more sense!   Thanks, Gary

glapook@PACBELL.NET wrote:
> Gary LaPook writes:
>
> I use the inverse of your method, I start counting seconds from the
> time of the sight until I can look at my watch, never more than 3
> seconds so less opportunity for the count to get off by any
> significant amount. I use a digital watch that has a push button for
> illumination at night. I check its error after the round of sights
> using a more accurate watch or radio time signal.
>
> gl
>
> On Oct 22, 10:29 am, Lu Abel  wrote:
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>>Gary J. LaPook wrote:
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>>>Gary LaPook wrote:
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>>>I use one of those little hand held dictaphones. I put it in my shirt
>>>pocket, start it recording and then just talk into it with the sextant
>>>altitude and time.M uch easier than trying to juggle sextant, pencil and
>>>paper especially if taking many sights. Go below and play it back and
>>>write down the figures.
>>
>>I think everyone's experience will be different, but at one point in
>>learning celestial I took a lot of sights without a helper.
>>
>>How?  First, I pre-adjusted my sextant to be close to the expected Hs.
>>Then I looked at my watch and noted time to the second.  Then I simply
>>started counting one-one hundred, two-two hundred, ... while I adjusted
>>my sextant to its final reading.  Then noted time and reading in my
>>notebook.
>>
>>With this method, you should be able to get a sextant reading within 15
>>to 20 seconds of starting counting.  I did a few trial runs of simply my
>>time counting to make sure I wasn't counting too fast or slow.  I
>>believe that even after 30 seconds I was within one second or less.
>>
>>I was taking sights from a known position and my readings were no less
>>accurate than what I got when using a helper on previous expeditions.
>>
>>Lu Abel
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