James1Long
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Can someone please tell me what this is and how I use it please - I have just bought a Picton 21 Fiesta 1980s and it has one of these fitted.
Thank you
James
Thank you
James
What is a Navstar Dingy - D 2000 instrument?
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SoSageofLorn
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It was a very simple decca navigator giving your current position and I beleive bearing and distance to one waypoint.
It is now of no use as, the decca transmitters were turned off years ago.
Sorry /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
It is now of no use as, the decca transmitters were turned off years ago.
Sorry /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Bilgediver
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Remove it very carefully and donate it to a maritime museum as the signals to operate it are no longer transmitted.
Never particularly good and had a penchant for telling you that it had lost the signal more often than it gave an actual position.
Fill the space with a decent Standard Horizon Plotter
Never particularly good and had a penchant for telling you that it had lost the signal more often than it gave an actual position.
Fill the space with a decent Standard Horizon Plotter
Pye_End
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Ah - memories of being lost out by the Sunk somewhere.
Have a feeling that the unit also gives battery voltage, so some kept the units for this purpose.
As others have said its usefullness as a navigational instrument was hit and miss even when Decca was running.
Have a feeling that the unit also gives battery voltage, so some kept the units for this purpose.
As others have said its usefullness as a navigational instrument was hit and miss even when Decca was running.
graham
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I dont think the Dingy D had a volt meter unless I just never found mine . /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif I remember it had a "confidence level" on a scale 1 to 5.(At least it was honest)
I think I paid about 2 weeks wages for mine and thought it was wonderfull. Not anything like as good as even the cheapest hand held GPS though.
I think I paid about 2 weeks wages for mine and thought it was wonderfull. Not anything like as good as even the cheapest hand held GPS though.
Pye_End
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You are probably right. The confidence level is ringing some bells!
I do remember it seeing me up the Blackwater when I could only just see the end of my 21 footer, so thick the fog was, so it must have been useful sometimes.
Other than that all I remember is continually inputting our position for the privalidge of knowing where we were!
For some reason navigation was much more enjoyable when you did not know where you were.
I do remember it seeing me up the Blackwater when I could only just see the end of my 21 footer, so thick the fog was, so it must have been useful sometimes.
Other than that all I remember is continually inputting our position for the privalidge of knowing where we were!
For some reason navigation was much more enjoyable when you did not know where you were.
graham
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For some reason navigation was much more enjoyable when you did not know where you were.
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GPS has taken away the great satisfaction of arriving somewhere by your own skill (or luck).If I remember right when the Decca lost the plot you had to manually enter your lat and long to the nearest 1 mile. I used to comment that if I knew that I wouldnt need the bloo£& thing /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Saying that it did work most of the time.
For some reason navigation was much more enjoyable when you did not know where you were.
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GPS has taken away the great satisfaction of arriving somewhere by your own skill (or luck).If I remember right when the Decca lost the plot you had to manually enter your lat and long to the nearest 1 mile. I used to comment that if I knew that I wouldnt need the bloo£& thing /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Saying that it did work most of the time.
oldharry
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lasty time i used a Decca it had me going up Newport IoW High street - somewhere SE of the Nab!
