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Re: S-table and long term almanacs
From: Stan K
Date: 2014 Oct 4, 11:52 -0400
From: Stan K
Date: 2014 Oct 4, 11:52 -0400
The NA tables are currently the only tabular method taught as part of the United States Power Squadrons courses, on the theory that they are contained in a book you require anyway. They have taught other tabular methods in the past, and still publish a Sight Reduction Methods "learning guide", which includes compact HO 211 (Ageton-Bayless), HO 229, and HO 249.
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From: Geoffrey Kolbe <NoReply_GeoffreyKolbe@fer3.com>
To: slk1000 <slk1000@aol.com>
Sent: Sat, Oct 4, 2014 3:57 am
Subject: [NavList] Re: S-table and long term almanacs
From: Geoffrey Kolbe <NoReply_GeoffreyKolbe@fer3.com>
To: slk1000 <slk1000@aol.com>
Sent: Sat, Oct 4, 2014 3:57 am
Subject: [NavList] Re: S-table and long term almanacs
On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Carl Roberts <NoReply_Roberts@fer3.com> wrote:
maybe dr Kolb could boot the NA reduction and include Alan Bayless or S-Table.
There is a perception that "nobody uses the NA tables" and so they should be replaced by something else. However, my feeling is that outside the rarefied halls of this list's discussions, the NA tables are widely accepted - and used!
Geoffrey Kolbe
