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