They make them for us here in the southern hemishpere - Silva must have
dropped it in the wrong parcel in the factory..... It should work OK if you
hold it backwards.
(Actually if you want a bit of trivia, they do actually make southern
hemisphere compasses, the earth's field lines are not exactly horizontal
with respect to the earths surface, they dip down a little in the northern
hemisphere towards the north pole. The manufacturer has to balance the
needle or card by having it very slightly heavier on the south end, so it
lies flat and will spin on the pivot OK. In the mighty southern hemisphere
the field lines dip towards the south pole and compass manufacturers have to
weight the opposite (north) end of the needle for it to work OK. So if you
take a northern hemisphere compass to the southern hemisphere the needle is
weighted on the wrong end and will jam up unless you hold it at a tilt. As I
found out when I brought my expensive and now useless compass with me to
live downunder. Mind you that was a Silva one too so it might have just been
crap.....)
"hugh" <hugh@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
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> Yes folks, Land Rover have finally lost their coveted No1 position in
> the Quality Control stakes to a Swedish company called SILVA. Today I
> bought one of their compasses - and it points SOUTH 
> --
> hugh
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