Forget it felton. He's an idiot.

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"felton" wrote in message
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On 09 Mar 2004 16:04:02 GMT, (JAXAshby) wrote:

tick tock

google all you want, boys, but you have clearly shown you don't even have
a
minimal understanding of RDF a kid in junior high school would be
expected to
have.

tick tock

Rather than asking everyone here to explain these things to you, have
you considered a Power Squadron course? One of the boats I chartered
in Maine, a Hinckley Pilot 35 had one of the RDFs installed, along
with a temperature guage in the cabin reflecting the temperature of
the seawater. I'll let you guess what that was used for As the
boat had a Loran, the RDF was of little use to us for that cruise
other than as a curiosity. They were very useful back in the preLoran
days when this particular boat was built..at least to someone who
knows how to use one.

Well, you sure didn't. When they were handing out brains, you
thought they said trains, and you missed yours.

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"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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If Jeff said he used an RDF, I have no trouble believing that he
did.

way to go, Nimrod. jeffies said he used RDF to thread his way through the
granite ledges off fog bound Maine. jeffies got lucky, and neither of you
know
how lucky. some people didn't get lucky.

I say he's going to present a report of RDF for aircraft use where it claims the
errors can be over 10 degrees.



"Shen44" wrote in message
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LOL I can't decide if he's going to give a longwinded explanation of radio
waves, nulls, or radio bearing errors ..... probably all of the above.
Any bets on how many times ole Jax has used one?
I'm saying he saw one used in a movie, once. (most deckhands are told to keep
their fingers off the Nav gear).

Shen

On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 10:25:32 -0800, "Jonathan Ganz"
wrote:

Forget it felton. He's an idiot.

I know It is kind of entertaining to watch him think he is
misleading us with his usual "if you don't know how transistors are
made, you can never properly operate a TV" line of argument.

Jeff Morris wrote:
I say he's going to present a report of RDF for aircraft use where it claims the
errors can be over 10 degrees.

Could be right .... probably why he sticks to the "granite outcrop" crap.
At any rate, we know he's never used one in a marine environment and his
knowledge (if it could be called that) comes from what he's read and/or
heard whilst walking the boat shows and docks.
Oh well, I'll continue to relax in my hanging chair, twisting in the
breeze, enjoying the warm sunshine.

otn

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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tick tock

Toe!


google all you want, boys, but you have clearly shown you don't even have
a
minimal understanding of RDF a kid in junior high school would be expected
to
have.

Jax, I am astounded by your proclivity for public humiliation!

Have you *any* idea how stupid you look?

regards


Donal
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Donal wrote:


Jax, I am astounded by your proclivity for public humiliation!

If you are, you're the only one.


Have you *any* idea how stupid you look?

He's doing a "thesis" for his shrink on the relationship of stupidity
and humiliation. To date, he's only been able to show stupidity in
varying forms and unable to relate them to humiliation.

otn

otnmbrd wrote in message thlink.net...
Jeff Morris wrote:
I say he's going to present a report of RDF for aircraft use where it claims the
errors can be over 10 degrees.

Could be right .... probably why he sticks to the "granite outcrop" crap.
At any rate, we know he's never used one in a marine environment and his
knowledge (if it could be called that) comes from what he's read and/or
heard whilst walking the boat shows and docks.
Oh well, I'll continue to relax in my hanging chair, twisting in the
breeze, enjoying the warm sunshine.

otn


Yeah RDF's are great for granite outcroppings. I had half a RDF
system on redcloud when I bought her, so useless I took it off and
used the platform for a radar. Hell an old safety pin, TP roll, razor
blade , and a little copper wire and a block you can build you a basic
RDF.

Joe

Hell an old safety pin, TP roll, razor
blade , and a little copper wire and a block you can build you a basic
RDF.

*actually* replace the tp roll with a bit of quartz rock picked up off the
ground, forget the razor blade and you are right.

I built a crystal set as such when I was in grade school, as did 000's of men
as boys my father's age.

Ok dipstick, how do they work? I am no expert on RDF, I have used one on
occasion, not in 15 years or so, but certianly am no expert. You have
claimed to be expert, teach.
"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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tick tock

google all you want, boys, but you have clearly shown you don't even have
a
minimal understanding of RDF a kid in junior high school would be expected
to
have.

tick tock