Sentence examples for radio direction from inspiring English sources

Radio direction finder, also called Radio Compass, radio receiver and directional antenna system used to determine the direction of the source of a signal.

It is a radio direction finder system designed to recover or locate vehicles.

Direction finder, or radio direction finder, radio receiver and antenna system for determining the direction of the source of a radio signal.

Corrections must, however, be made in the readings from the radio direction finder to account, for example, for the effect on radio transmissions of the craft's magnetic field.

Radio direction finders can be used to locate nuclear bursts, because the explosion generates a large amount of energy in the radio frequency region.

Control had to be exercised over much greater distances, which expanded the possibilities of exploiting the means of control, notably through radio direction finding and code breaking.

The earliest navigation aids were lighted beacons along the ground; these suffered obvious problems during adverse weather and were replaced by radio direction-finding equipment.

Soon after ships were first equipped with radio, direction-finding stations were placed on shore at strategic points along navigational routes and near harbour approaches.

Combinations of radio direction-finding, radar, and communications systems were developed and used for ground control of intercept aircraft the system called GCI (ground-controlled intercept).

Post made two great contributions to science in his two remarkable instruments; an automatic pilot which could fly the ship even while he dozed, and a radio direction-finder which held him to his predetermined course.

An obsessive tinkerer, Crowhurst had invented the Navicator (a radio direction-finding gizmo that is now commonplace in any weekend sailor's arsenal), which he believed would make his fortune.