Originally Posted By Rayman1968
Originally Posted By Gershon
Baseplate compasses only have an accuracy of 11 degrees.

Painting with a broad brush there....what's your source for this bit of info?


Army field training manual think. It might have been one of Sgt. Rock's sites.

Added: I'm glad you challenged this broadbrushed statement. The only way to really know is to test it. Site on something a couple hundred feet away. Record the siting.

Then using the GPS, mark the location you sited from as waypoint. Walk to the location and see what the bearing is to the waypoint. The reciprocal is what your compass reading should have been.

I'll add he results


Edited by Gershon (01/12/12 08:43 AM)
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