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Re: Digital Sextant


Subject: Re: Digital Sextant
From: Vic Fraenckel (vfraenc1@XXX.XXX)
Date: Mon Apr 01 2002 - 14:43:26 EST


Victor,

The Vector 2X compass module is made by Precision Navigation and is
available at

         http://www.precisionnav.com/

Search there for Vector 2X to read the .PDF data sheet.

It is available at Jameco Electronics and is listed in their Feb-Apr 2002
catalog for $50. Accuracy is 2 degrees.

HTH

Vic
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| Just on this then, how accurate is it and does it need compensation
| (because it is working on the magnetic stuff)? Is it some 0.5 or 0.25
| degrees accurate?





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