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
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Said the pilot: "They must have had good equipment, including a direction finder, to pick up my transmission that quickly."
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.