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

There three months ago a Pan American airport crew set up a base, installed a direction finder in an abandoned mission.

From Time Magazine Archive

Said the pilot: "They must have had good equipment, including a direction finder, to pick up my transmission that quickly."

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