When it comes to finding what direction a radio signal is coming from, the best and cheapest way to accomplish the task is usually a Yagi and getting dizzy. There are other methods, and at Shmoocon ...

THE radio direction-finder is an instrument for determining the direction of arrival of electric waves of the frequencies normally used in radio communication. Although it was introduced during the ...

Every two years, competitors from 25 different countries descend upon a forest, armed with the direction-finding tools of a bygone era. They wave large, pronged radio receivers — the kind you may find ...

THE methods used for finding the direction in which Hertzian waves are incident at a radio station have now attained a high accuracy, the maximum error being well ...

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