[Milsurplus] Earhart flight, again.

[J Forster]

I think the HFDFing of German subs was largely a cover story to protect the
decryption of the German Enigma.

-John



Marty Reynolds wrote:

> > There are two photos of the XAB/HRO on my page about my "namesake
> > station",
> > NYW - Navy HFDF "Station T"
> > http://www.virhistory.com/navy/nyw.htm
> > It was evidently a "portable" Adcock-Gordon setup designed at NRL - at
> > Station Tare it was on skids so that if the Lighthouse Service people
> > complained, the Navy could drag it back onto their own territory.
> > cheers,
> > Nick K4NYW
> >
>
> 'way to go!
>
> That indoor tunable adcock is a sight to behold
>
> The fact that pt. Tare HFDF was decommissioned in '44 supports a
> private theory.  That is, HFDF was a flop because of ionospheric
> reflections - you just couldn't be sure the null direction was
> the vector to the transmitter
>
> British claim HFDF helped locate U boats in ww2.  But I think
> they used a lot of signal averaging to better pinpoint tx source.
> IE they had HFDF in Bermuda, Newfoundland, Scotland,
>
> Chime in y'all
>
>    Marty
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