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From: steveq@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU (Stephen Quigg)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.ham-radio
Subject: Re: Flux Gate Compass
Message-ID: <1991Jan25.032656.3794@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU>
Date: 25 Jan 91 03:26:56 GMT
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In article <2939.279ef15b@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> gibbonsj@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com writes:
>In article <541@cow.ecs.oz>, bmp@cow.ecs.oz (Bruce Paterson) writes:
>> A friend is attempting to build (from scratch) a flux-gate compass
>> for use in a vehicle mounted dead-reckoning navigation system. 
>
>stuff deleted...
>
>Why build one from scratch? You can buy a WWII flux-gate compass from
>a company called JOLLYCO (or something like that) out of Chicago.  These
>are the real thing, minus electronics, for somewhere around $35.
>
>If you're interested, I can dig up / verify the company name & phone number.
Or buy a complete compass from Tandy (Radio Shack) for $Aus 99. Don't know
how good they are though.