radio compass

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But radio compass bearings were relatively new navigational aids at the time and not trusted by veteran mariners.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2019

Lana had scarcely soared out of sight of Guadalcanal when it was discovered that the near-misses at the field had knocked out her radio and radio compass.

From Time Magazine Archive

This one was to be most casual�a two-day cruise off the New England coast for calibration of the ship's radio compass; a trifling job compared to the 81-hr.

From Time Magazine Archive

That was to be his job, to pick up weather signals midair; to study the air tides, take the radio compass bearings.

From Time Magazine Archive

In catching the fine shadings of diminishing sounds which came to him through the radio compass, there was not a man who could excel him.

From Curlie Carson Listens In by Snell, Roy J. (Roy Judson)