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direction finding

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Its experts can set up a dense network of direction-finding sensors and radars to identify and geolocate threats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

Often he will alight in a very uncertain manner, moving his antennae about much the way a wireless operator will swing his direction-finding frame to discover the quarter from which the signals are coming.

From Scientific American • Oct. 1, 2021

The cadets spent several hours searching around Colony, utilizing direction-finding devices they’d trained with extensively to hone in on pings coming from the beacon in Kovarik’s plane.

From Washington Times • Dec. 22, 2014

Buchheim says the company has plans to add direction-finding features.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2013

That’s the usual time it takes your direction-finding equipment to ferret out the location of a hidden radio set.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein