radio compass
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But radio compass bearings were relatively new navigational aids at the time and not trusted by veteran mariners.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2019
In California he worked under Dr. Frederick August Kolster, famed "father of the radio compass," at Federal Telegraph Co.,
From Time Magazine Archive
On the airway between Dayton, Ohio, and Moundsville, W. Va., the Army Air Service has installed a "radio compass," with electric oscillations flashing between the towers at either end of the airway.
From Time Magazine Archive
The resulting position tallied with that indicated by the radio compass.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Why, all we need is a radio compass," Hal replied.
From The Radio Boys in the Thousand Islands by Duffield, J. W.
