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    Re: sextant use
    From: Dan Hogan
    Date: 2002 Jun 13, 06:12 -0700

    My brother-in-law is part owner of Southwest Instrument Company in San Pedro, CA. His biggest
    customers of used sextants are interior decorators.
    
    On 13 Jun 2002, at 0:22, Jared Sherman wrote:
    
    > Peter-
    >    ones,>
    > It is with great regret that I must comment that sextants are often mounted on
    > plaques and presented as awards or "Antiques", in some cases with those
    > inconvenient legs and handles cut off. I suspect that is sadly the largest use
    > of sextants today.
    
    
    
    Dan Hogan WA6PBY
    C27 "Gacha"
    dhhogan1@earthlink.net
    Nav-L Page: http://www.wa6pby.com
    
    
    

       
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