Originally Posted by
Fareastdriver
You counted the dots or the dashes, looked at the tables and you had your true bearing from the beacon.
Rather plotted you DR position on the consol chart and then looked for the corresponding line, dots or dashes. Then transfer that line segment to you plotting chart. If you could get a second bearing from another station then you could create a two position line MPP.
ideally you would take an along track count thus avoiding the need for position line transfer.
The theoretical count was 60 and you needed a total of 56 dots and dashes for a reliable line.