Hi All,

Meant to mention in my post last night that the American Navigator download can be time consuming as it is approx. 42mB in size and the book itself is about 882 pages long.

That said, it is still a very worthy acquisition and I would encourage folks to download it and look it over at least once. IIRC the download took a few minutes on DSL, so those folks on dial up may want to plan on packing and repacking their various kits while it is being downloaded.

With regard to the several recent and past threads about GPS's, PLB's and various map datums, there is a really good explaination of these subject areas.

The AN also has complete sections dedicated to satellite navigation as well as containing information on how to use a sextant properly, providing all the needed tables and related explainations aand another for emergency navigation when your main systems are in-op.

Regards,
Comanche7