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

Chief purpose of any direction finder in transport flying is not alone to locate ground points but to help determine the plane's position in flight.

From Time Magazine Archive

The positions of distress calls from boats that don�t have DSC capable radios can be determined by triangulating the automatic direction finder bearings from all of the antennas receiving the signal.

From Time Magazine Archive

Otherwise, the Federal Communications Commission would pick you up, use a direction finder, and move in on your operation.

From The Electronic Mind Reader by Blaine, John