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From: cdl@chiton.ucsd.edu (Carl Lowenstein)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.ham-radio
Subject: Re: Flux Gate Compass
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Date: 25 Jan 91 18:24:33 GMT
References: <541@cow.ecs.oz> <2939.279ef15b@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> <1991Jan25.032656.3794@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU> <1991Jan25.165409.8299@news.larc.nasa.gov>
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In article <1991Jan25.165409.8299@news.larc.nasa.gov> kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov ( Scott Dorsey) writes:
>c. There weren't any flux-gate compasses used in WWII.

There certainly were flux-gate magnetometers, used
for MAD (Magnetic Airborne Detection of submarines).


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