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Old 17-12-2009, 03:38 PM
Dennis
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Hi Jimmy

LOL! But thanks for asking!

All my compasses seem to only seek the North Magnetic Pole; I haven’t yet found one that seeks the SMP!

I just point the red end of the needle to Magnetic North and then offset the inner, rotating scale (orange colour) to 349 degrees so that the parallel sides of the translucent base are parallel with 349 and thus are parallel with True South. I then "look back" along the compass due South to align my tripod.

It even works at night as the N seeking magnetic needle has a fluorescent blob on the end!

Cheers

Dennis
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