direction finder
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Why would Earhart start out on such a hazardous journey without knowing how to operate her aircraft’s radio direction finder to the nth degree?
From Forbes ● Nov. 10, 2014
One involved Noonan doing celestial navigation; the other, her use of a radio “bearing” direction finder.
From Forbes ● Nov. 10, 2014
She still gave no position and the Itasca's direction finder could not get a bearing because she had failed to adjust her radio to its frequency.
From Time Magazine Archive
With a 20-m.p.h. tail wind and guided by a direction finder at Bermuda, it hit its tiny target on the nose 4 hr.
From Time Magazine Archive
Under Hume's control the direction finder passed back and forth without bringing any answering code click from the mike.
From Star Hunter by Norton, Andre
