Art Unwin wrote:
Outch How can I be so wrong? I will blame it on my poor memory.

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/Y2...neticfield.htm

Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to see what a pole
reversal in progress might look like.

http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/geomag/nmp/northpole_e.php

"The North Magnetic Pole is slowly drifting across the Canadian
Arctic. ... The most recent survey, completed in May, 2001,
determined an updated position for the Pole and established that
it is moving approximately northwest at 40 km per year."
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com