I have such a compass for about 20 years. It is a great and very handy
compass and very accurate.
But be careful! If you are wearing glasses that are fitted in a metal frame
you can get a misreading of up to 5 degrees because the compass is very
close to the frame depending on the kind and amount
Fellow dialists
Thank you for the many interesting responses to my request. On reading
Fernendo's list of possible errors I have decided to have nothing further
to do with the use of a compass for a wall declination and will stick to
sun readings only.
Thank you for your solution Mike, ( I li
Boys (AND girls!)
My new toy arrived, that is Mini Avio 2000 Compass that I could not help
but order on the night I was replying to compass related postings. It is
absolutely lovely and very easy to use. It is marine compass filled with
liquid and they do not mention anything about its resistance
Dead reckoning is certainly not a litteral translation from the Dutch
language. We call it in Dutch 'gegist bestek', which is translated as
'guessed position' and that is much more the treality.
The dogwatch is called in Dutch the 'Hondewacht'. That is the exact
translation. During my training in
