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Subject: Re: Digital Sextant
From: Dan Allen (danallen46@XXX.XXX)
Date: Tue Apr 02 2002 - 12:29:44 EST
I use sextants because I enjoy them AND because I want to be self-sufficient.
Yes, I have had one of my Garmin's die on me, and the same thing could
happen to a digital sextant. But there are so many other systems in
GPS that have been largely reliable but which could fail and then where
would you be?
A digital sextant as I envision it would be completely independent of
SW radio, WWV, the GPS constellation of satellites, the internet... This
is what the US Navy's proposal is also after -- a redundant separate system.
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: Navigation Mailing List
[mailto:NAVIGATION-L@XXX.XXX]On Behalf Of Rodney
Myrvaagnes
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 8:32 AM
To: NAVIGATION-L@XXX.XXX
Subject: Re: Digital Sextant
I don't think technology is the issue. Where is the market? Don't most people use sextants either because they enjoy it or they
don't trust electronics?
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