REFLECTOR: compass rose

[HYTEC45 at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/23/2009 4:37:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time,  
velocity_pilot at verizon.net writes:

"I am  amazed by how you can take something so simple and turn it into  a
government project."
Exactly right Larry- could not have said it  better myself!!- if you left it
up to the feds, they would have a team of  hundreds out there with surveying
equipment- what sort of accuracy do you  want on the thing anyway that you
could not get with a magnetic compass?  The pole moves about 25 miles/year -
so if you are looking for +/- 1 degree  you are wasting time painting the
direction on the ground- just get it  lined up with a good quality compass
(although a magnetized needle floating  on a cork will point in the exact
same  direction)



Yea, but think of all the "bailout" jobs you are eliminating.
TEC
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