[Milsurplus] Naval Aviation navigation

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That's true to a degree, but unlike TACAN, where the azimuth data is 
amplitude modulation on the omnidirectional UHF carrier by rotating dipoles, the 
azimuth data in the older system (what was the system called, anyway?) was morse 
code.  And pattern distortion that didn't lose the entire signal on one heading 
wouldn't affect the accuracy.

In a message dated 3/12/2006 8:39:46 PM Central Standard Time, 
Radioman390 at cs.com writes: 
> The reason for the antenna being above everything else was to avoid pattern 
> 
> distortion from reflections...I'd hate to be the pilot searching for my ship 
> 
> but being in a null point.

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