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Microwave Direction Finding for Aircraft Navigation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 1950

V. D. Burgmann and
K. V. Sheridan
V. D. Burgmann
Affiliation:
(C.S.I.R.O., Australia)
K. V. Sheridan
Affiliation:
(C.S.I.R.O., Australia)
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This paper describes a microwave direction finding equipment and gives the results of flight tests carried out to investigate its possible use for air navigation.

The system operates in the 3.2 cm. wavelength band. The aircraft equipment consists of a receiver which sweeps rapidly over a small frequency band, a directional aerial which is scanned in bearing and a cathode ray tube display. The ground beacons are low power c.w. oscillators with an omnidirectional aerial and operate at separate fixed wavelengths to facilitate identification.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , July 1950, pp. 251 - 269
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1950

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