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DIRECTION FINDING NETWORK [1 record]

Record 1 2011-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Air Traffic Control
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

A multi-site, multi-band radio network, designed to facilitate the rapid identification of aircraft radio transmission locations.

CONT

When direction-finding stations work as a network to determine the position of an aircraft, the bearing taken by each station should be sent immediately to the station controlling the direction-finding network to enable the position of the aircraft to be determined.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)

Spanish

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