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Mike's Ocean Navigator Discrepancy Solved!
From: Mike Burkes
Date: 2003 Sep 20, 13:41 -0700
From: Mike Burkes
Date: 2003 Sep 20, 13:41 -0700
Hi folks! My serious fix discrepancy ( about 17 min
Latitude North of actual fix) stemmed from reverse sign IC application even
though the erroneous fix was closer to DR! I emailed Peter Fogg
regarding blunder and decided supplying more
detail was "List worthy". Incidentally our fixes were virtually
identical! I would hope that subsequent observations ( especially noon
and Polaris Lat checks ) would detect the error and the navigator
would catch it! Any questions, comments. etc. would be appreciated. Thanks! Mike
Burkes