yro compasses are linked to the repeater compasses via one transmission system.

The
fast-spinning rotor attached weighs from 1.25 pounds to 55 pounds. It is driven
thousands of revolutions per minute by another electric motor. However, the most
essential part in a Gyro compass system is the spinning wheel, which is known as the
Gyroscope.

Working
External magnetic fields which deflect normal compasses cannot affect Gyro
compasses. When a ship alters its course the independently driven framework called
‘Phantom’ moves with it, but the rotor system continues to point northward. This lack of
alignment enables it to send signal to the driving motor, which moves the phantom step
in with the rotor system again in a path where the phantom may have crossed only a
fraction of a degree or several degrees of the compass circle. As soon as they are
aligned, electrical impulses are sent by the phantom to the repeater compasses for
each degree it traverses.