[ARC5] Homing on Aircraft VHF Signals - SCR-564, -565, and -566

Mike Morrow kk5f at earthlink.net
Thu May 3 20:41:12 EDT 2018


I found information about the ground sets used to determine direction and location of signals from SCR-522-A and other aircraft sets operating in the 100 to 156 MHz range:

 http://www.radionerds.com/index.php/SCR-564
 http://www.radionerds.com/index.php/SCR-565
 http://www.radionerds.com/index.php/SCR-566

All of tbese setz used the BC-639-A tunable receiver in a console, and a VHF loop antenna nearby that the operator manually rotated.  That's shown in pictures found at the above URLs.  The original text explains how multiple DF stations relayed their bearings to a central point where the signal lines of position would be plotted to determine signal (and aircraft) position.

Mike / KK5F


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