[Milsurplus] Fisher labs RDF

Mike Morrow kk5f at earthlink.net
Thu Jun 17 14:59:08 EDT 2010


>Does anybody know anything about this Fisher labs Pilot direction finder?
>
>Photo at:  http://www.warbirdflightline.com/misc/rdf.jpg

It looks like a maritime-use RDF, not one for aircraft.  There were
many similar maritime-use RDFs made 40 to 70 years ago (several in my
collection, but not this particular one).

Simple airborne beacon-band receivers did not need loops to perform RDF,
due to the directionality of the old, long-gone, Adcock A-N beacon system.

Mike / KK5F


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