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Article #9784Re: Flux Gate Compass
From: Paul S. Masters
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 1991 18:27
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 1991 18:27
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In article <43236@rphroy.UUCP> rhaar@albert.cs.gmr.com (Robert L. Haar CS50) writes: >Note that in addition to sensor inaccuracies, you will have to cope with >the magnetic declination - the differnece between magnetic and >geographic north - that varies from one location to another. And there is a heuge varriation here. In Delaware it is as much as 18 deg. I know of some places where it can be as high as 180 degrees. I would use any kind of instrumentation that relies on the magnetic field of the Eearth; it's just not verry reliable. Paul -- * * * * * * * ======================= Paul Masters N3IRU * * * * * * * * ======================= masters@freezer.it.udel.edu * * * * * * * ======================= landru@sol.cis.udel.edu
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