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    Direction finding (DF), or radio direction finding (RDF), is the use of radio waves to determine the direction to a radio source. The source may be a cooperating...
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    (NW). The intermediate direction of every set of intercardinal and cardinal direction is called a secondary intercardinal direction. These eight shortest...
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    High-frequency direction finding, usually known by its abbreviation HF/DF or nickname huff-duff, is a type of radio direction finder (RDF) introduced in...
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    direction finding (ARDF, also known as radio orienteering, radio fox hunting and radiosport) is an amateur racing sport that combines radio direction...
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    cover for the work, meaning Range and Direction Finding but suggesting the already well-known Radio Direction Finding. Late in 1935, responding to Lindemann's...
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  • Doppler radio direction finding, also known as Doppler DF, is a radio direction finding method that generates accurate bearing information with a minimum...
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    Round, working for Marconi, began carrying out experiments with direction-finding radio equipment for the army in France in 1915. By May 1915, the Admiralty...
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    Aliasing has changed its apparent frequency of rotation. A reversal of direction can be described as a negative frequency. Temporal aliasing frequencies...
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    azimuthal direction a radio signal was coming from in order to find the location of the radio transmitter; a process called radio direction finding. Prior...
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  • Sometimes both functions were operated at the same site, with the direction finding (D/F) hut being a few hundred metres from the main interception building...
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