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Originally Posted by Outcast
Sorry but, that is incorrect. East is a positive, west is a negative. Variation is always added no matter where you are... Thus a variation of 10.8E is added to 180° resulting in a bearing of 190.8°.
28yrs Navy, navigation specialist: Nmeumonic drummed into our heads is C A D E T = Compass ADd East True
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Yes very true but remember we don’t point to MAGNETIC south in astronomy but to true south, so in this case, whatever the compass shows SUBTRACT mag var’n to get TRUE south
It’s the opposite of navigation where maps are in true and you use mag var’n to convert to magnetic to use in aircraft (in my case), ships etc