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Re: Using analog stopwatches to time your sights,anyone else?
From: Geoffrey Kolbe
Date: 2022 Aug 22, 05:58 -0700
From: Geoffrey Kolbe
Date: 2022 Aug 22, 05:58 -0700
Frank said: "If the issue is recording time, I find it's best to learn to count off ten seconds. "
I have to say that when I was in the Western Desert, keeping myself found by sightings of the stars, it was my habbit to count off the seconds from the moment I made the sighting to the moment I could get inside the tent (where the light was) and consult the chronometer for the time. That was usually about 15 seconds.