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

[Moe Fretz]

All this talk of SCR-522, BC638 and BC639s reminds me that I have a BC640
Transmitter and a couple of SCR-522, one with Dyno supply, to get rid of.

Only challenge it's in Canada.


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Moe Fretz

Cambridge
Ontario, Canada

On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 8:41 PM, Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 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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