How to operate
A Compass
How to use a compass:For beginners
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today I just wanted to touch on how to
use a compass this is going to be a
super basic video we're going to go over
the basic steps on using one geared
towards people who have never used a
compass maybe they've never seen a
compass
maybe they got one line around somewhere
in their house and maybe they're going
to have to learn how to use one for work
the sub coming spring so it's just going
to be super simple and super quick here
so this is your typical compass most
brands are going to look very similar I
think this one is a Burton I've
personally never used this compass in
the field
I got issued it at the beginning of the
year last year for work I'm sure it's a
great compass we want to been given them
if they weren't I personally use a
Suunto compass if you're looking for a
good compass that last you a long time
and I would highly recommend them I've
had mine for about three to four years
now and it still works great now you run
about a hundred bucks this burden
probably goes for about fifty okay so
all compasses are going to have this
outer dial here and they're going to
have your four directions on the north
east south and west along with the
degrees on the outside they're going to
have a pin in the inside or a needle as
long as well as a red arrow and this
will move you'll be able to swivel this
back and forth depending on what
direction or bearing you choose to enter
notice that when you turn and swivel
this your needle doesn't move however
your red arrow on the inside does move
with your dial
okay so say you want to go north you
know you need to go north let's find our
north direction and then locate the tab
which is on the top of your compass all
compasses will have something similar
some are glow-in-the-dark some art this
one looks like it is a glow-in-the-dark
one so note find north and then slowly
move it to that tab and I'll line it
once the direction and your tab are
aligned look for your arrow on the
inside so we can see that our arrow is
right here and then what we want to do
in order to lock in our direction is
move our needle into the red arrow on
the inside here so all you do is slowly
turn your compass until we have that red
needle sitting in that red arrow just
like that and that's going to tell you
what direction you need to go so it's
telling me I need to go that way North
is that way
okay one thing I will say is trust your
compass I don't know how many times and
I'm guilty of this too where I will put
a direction whether it be north or south
east or west and I won't feel like that
direction out in the field but trust me
when I say trust your compass if you
take away anything from the video it's
trust your compass okay let's do another
one real quick here say we want to go
east
okay so we'll lie in the east direction
with your tab and just simply turn it
until we have it aligned like that and
then locate the red arrow so right now
we're facing east our red needle is
already inside our red arrow on the
inside so that's going to be the
direction we go if we want to go
if we want to go south we'll move the
south direction up to the tab once
that's a line we then find our red arrow
on the inside and then slowly move our
compass in order to align our red needle
with the red arrow on the inside okay
that's lonely South is that way okay and
that's about it super quick super basic
gives you a good overview of a compass
of compass use I think I might do
another video explain how to use a
compass on a map and how to use a
compass in the field just to give people
who are interested in learning out how
to use it a better understanding of its
overall function
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