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Bob Smith <rt.s...@acm.org> skrev i en
nyhedsmeddelelse:39738A5B...@acm.org...
> I still have a small handheld RDF, and I keep it onboard.
> Even if the radio beacons for ships are being closed down
> all over, there still is radio-beacons at most airports
> (every island has one) and there are commercial or
> governmental radio-stations on many islands.
> So if the GPS malfunctions and it is clouded so your sextant
> is of no use, you should be able to find most islands with
> your RDF.
IMHO an RDF is still a very useful nav tool; but would vastly
prefer one that was tunable. I once helped deliver a boat which
had a British-made RDF that locked into a bracket on the
coachroof and had a vernier scale dial for the antenna. The
operater could get a fairly precise bearing using the vernier
and the ship's compass. I've used other RDFs that were not as
precise, although that particular one was not easy to tune.
A cool feature is being able to get a bearing on other vessels
as well as fixed transmitters.
> Bob Smith <rt.s...@acm.org> skrev ...
> >
> > I've come across a device called VECTA handheld radio
> direction finder.
I think I remember these- is it a pistol-grip device with a
small compass built into the top? They aren't much good, the
compass isn't accurate enough for real navigating.
Anyway an RDF with plug-in tuning modules will be limited in
what you can recieve. And if the thingie doesn't work, it's
primary use will be either as a fishing weight or to give a
pesky electronics gadgeteer something harmless to fiddle with.
Fresh Breezes- Doug King
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This is what we look like when we're at our best:
http://recboats.hsh.com/45.htm
Sounds like another story. There was this guy in a yellow
coronado 27 who claimed he was going to sail to cuba and do
transats but he had no knowlege about anything (apart from how
to drink beer and talk big...)
;-)
Regards MC
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Scott, a landlubber who can read.
The_navigator wrote >...
>Hawii TO california? Too easy, sail east. Tuning into radio
>station in Hawii told him what, that the USA is to the east? Or
>do you mean California to Hawii??
>
Mike Fulmor wrote