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Forum: Navigation 04-03-2024, 16:46
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Posted By s/v Jedi
Re: What will Happen to you when GPS goes Down

I remember crossing between Lowestoft and Ijmuiden. You simply steered straight East or West. The tides would set you to the North like crazy, then turn and set you to the south like crazy, and yet...
Forum: Navigation 04-03-2024, 15:50
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Posted By s/v Jedi
Re: What will Happen to you when GPS goes Down

Exactly. I also had their VHF with the large mechanical dial… one or two crystals for each channel for half/full duplex and the matching MF/HF unit. There was a whole wall of green boxes lol
Forum: Navigation 04-03-2024, 15:22
Replies: 322
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Posted By s/v Jedi
Re: What will Happen to you when GPS goes Down

I guess all the RDF beacons have ceased operating?

I even used a RDF with the handle that turned the antenna on top.
Forum: Navigation 03-08-2014, 07:48
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Posted By s/v Jedi
Re: What will Happen to you when GPS goes Down

Finding England is easy: just point a bit left of where the sun and moon come from and then when you see land, turn left and follow it until it starts raining and conditions become miserable. That's...
Forum: Navigation 31-07-2014, 15:08
Replies: 322
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Posted By s/v Jedi
Re: What will Happen to you when GPS goes Down

Nah, those all support GLONASS already :)
Forum: Navigation 28-07-2014, 16:43
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Posted By s/v Jedi
Re: What will Happen to you when GPS goes Down

I'm not exactly sure what will happen when GPS goes down but I do suspect that Rocna wielding multi-hulls will take the worst of it because they don't go anywhere without it :whistling:
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