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The difference between magnetic and compass?

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Robert Askew
Austin, TX, USA
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The difference between magnetic and compass?
Posted 2016, Nov 20 13:59
I am a bit confused as to how to label the ship's compass bearing and a handheld compass bearing in the TVMDC algorithm.
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Grant Headifen
Reply 2016, Nov 20 14:49
A handheld compass would not suffer the effects of metallic objects and electronics close by, thus it is the M in the TVMDC. A ship's compass is the C
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