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Re: A12 vs A8-A sextants
From: Chris Caswell
Date: 2020 Mar 23, 14:43 -0700
From: Chris Caswell
Date: 2020 Mar 23, 14:43 -0700
I have many types of bubble sextants - my all around favorite is the British MK IXA. The only disadvantage to the A-8 (and most Bendix bubble sextants) is that they are very hot (radioactive) from the RA-226 used in the luminescent paint for night bubble illumination.
Chris in VT