On 16 Dec 2003 21:06:39 GMT, (BOEING377) wrote:

http://www.taiyomusen.co.jp/EnewHome...20Compass.html

This uses a GPS to get ship postion and uses a LF ADF to get a fast response
bearing line on a shore beacon. Wonder how well it works in real practice???
Touted as a coastal alternative to a gyro.

I think it would be unusable here on the BC coast - there are few
marine radiobeacons, and lots of islands to interfere with the signal
propagation.


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