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Re: Variation of compass
From: Dave Weilacher
Date: 2002 Oct 3, 11:08 -0700
From: Dave Weilacher
Date: 2002 Oct 3, 11:08 -0700
Herbert; Would you care to re-post your January message? I missed it, forgot it, or wasn't interested at the time. On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 18:00:06 +0000 Herbert Prinzwrote: > I doubt very much that this is what Dave > Weilacher wants. I thought that I > had explained in my message re: Magnetic North > Pole of Jan 11, 2002 that a > magnetic compass does NOT point into the > direction of the magnetic north > pole. > > Incidentally, in the same message I already > gave an answer also to Dave's > more recent question about "sources to > determine compass variation for your > position at sea". The official source is still > DMA chart 42, "Charts of the > Earth's Magnetic Field". If you look at this > chart you will see very clearly > why a magnetic compass reading cannot be > interpreted like one from a radio > beacon finder. > > Herbert Prinz > > > Michael Wescott wrote: > > > > > Great circle is what you want, much the same > as a fix on a radio beacon. > Dave Weilacher .US Coast Guard licensed captain . #889968 .ASA certified sailing and celestial . navigation instructor #990800 .IBM AS400 RPG contract programmer