[Milsurplus] DF and AE

[Hue Miller]

----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Forster" <jfor@quik.com>

> Welcome to the Amelia hunt.
>
> The potential problems AE and FN had with DF'ing the signal are so many that we
> will never get to the bottom of it.
>
> The onboard unit was probably a prototype of the Bendix DU-1, not an  SCR-504
> (which was approx 1943 vintage). It may have looked something like the unit
> shown at
>
> http://www.roaring-twenties.com/bendix_direction_finding_equipment_loop___azimuth_unit.htm

In fact it looked quite like this ( there is a photo of her with the unit, with a Bendix
representative.)
The earlier unit has more band positions, and to the rear, a tube cap on the top surface, for ready
removal of the single vacuum tube. Otherwise the circuitry is similar.
Hue