1morethan8
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It's a slow change and a movement of only 1 or 2 degrees shouldn't have a lot of effect on normal navigation.
Talk about compasses
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It's a slow change and a movement of only 1 or 2 degrees shouldn't have a lot of effect on normal navigation.
reddogge
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This Titan III riser had a compass in it from the factory. It is a nice liquid filled dampened compass that works.
jlrhiner
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1morethan8
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Jim.. what are you doing with all the compass!!?
Don't you know a compass is obsolete.. they've been replaced with GPS!
Ivan the Butcher
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The bag in the truck has a Boy Scout Silva in it, The good bag in the 'Man Cave" has a 1988 M-2 from the Army. the home declination was guessed a 7 degrees from map work 20 years ago. The current declination is 7 degrees 7 min 4 sec. The memory was close. Ivan
linedo50
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I've accumulated over 50 compasses over the years. I like the old Marbles pin on compasses. My favorites are compasses that belonged to people that I've known. I have my grandfathers and a compass that belonged to my uncle that lost his life when the USS Morris was struck by a kamikaze in 1945. Another uncle brought a British marching compass home from Europe after the war there. I've loaded a picture of that.
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It's also on the top of all USGS topo maps
darmtn1917
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I have around 25 -30 including the first Silva Ranger I bought at the local map store(don't see them anymore) for $28.
In early 1971 I bought a Toyota Landcruiser and would go into the high Sierras and hike into lakes to fish. One afternoon after fishing started back to where I had left the truck and was surprised to find three identical canyons leading out of the area. Up to that point I was convinced I'd never get lost as i didn't hike "that far" - never went off road again without a compass/map of the area.
As an aside looking at Ebay i could still get my $28 back for the Ranger
In early 1971 I bought a Toyota Landcruiser and would go into the high Sierras and hike into lakes to fish. One afternoon after fishing started back to where I had left the truck and was surprised to find three identical canyons leading out of the area. Up to that point I was convinced I'd never get lost as i didn't hike "that far" - never went off road again without a compass/map of the area.
As an aside looking at Ebay i could still get my $28 back for the Ranger
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jlrhiner
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Blasphemer!!!
jlrhiner
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Jim.. what are you doing with all the compass!!?
Don't you know a compass is obsolete.. they've been replaced with GPS!
Honest, I have a gps also. All I can ever get it to do is tell me where I am! I know where I am, I need to know where I'm going!
THE PILGRIM
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Declination? I don't need no stinking declination.
I want everything magnetic, just like my personality.
Lee in Quartzsite
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I've got an old BSA compass and a newer MIC one. I check the MIC one everyday for the upcoming Pole Shift! That should be fun.
Then I have my trusty Garmin GPS.....until the batteries go dead.
Then I have my trusty Garmin GPS.....until the batteries go dead.
ChuckS1
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Compasses are cool
I've got my old Pathfinder from Boy Scout days and I got my son a nicer one, but he quit Scouts and I have no idea where it is. Most likely somebody walked off with it.
Dig this. Compass Heaven:
Compass Store
I've got my old Pathfinder from Boy Scout days and I got my son a nicer one, but he quit Scouts and I have no idea where it is. Most likely somebody walked off with it.
Dig this. Compass Heaven:
Compass Store
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jrm53
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When I was a kid I always thought they pointed to true north. When I started flying in 64 I found out thats not true they point to magnetic north and when on a cross country in a plane if you are dead reckoning you have to hold -7 degrees to go north or a compass heading of 353 deg. in my part of Ar. Jeff
SgtLumpy
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I went to buy a compass the other day and they were MEGA expensive and they had a limit on how many you could buy. Clerk said the good one's sold out at 6am to people that stood in line.
How long will the hoarders keep this compass shortage going!
Sgt Lumpy
How long will the hoarders keep this compass shortage going!
Sgt Lumpy
1morethan8
US Veteran, Absent Comrade
Honest, I have a gps also. All I can ever get it to do is tell me where I am! I know where I am, I need to know where I'm going!
But.. the #1 rule in navigation is you must know you're present location to know where everything is in relation to you're present location!
I never use a GPS to show me the way to a point. I only use it to help determine my present location.
Boy Scout Silva
I recalled that the declination from here was 7 degrees, but had to check myself. Turns out it is actually 8. I still use my Boy Scout Silva at age 61, and use my iPhone compass app as a backup! Wouldn't be without the analog version in the field, though. It has gotten me out of more than a few periods of bewilderment over the years.
I recalled that the declination from here was 7 degrees, but had to check myself. Turns out it is actually 8. I still use my Boy Scout Silva at age 61, and use my iPhone compass app as a backup! Wouldn't be without the analog version in the field, though. It has gotten me out of more than a few periods of bewilderment over the years.
jlrhiner
US Veteran
But.. the #1 rule in navigation is you must know you're present location to know where everything is in relation to you're present location!
I never use a GPS to show me the way to a point. I only use it to help determine my present location.
But I already know where I am.
