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
The resulting position tallied with that indicated by the radio compass.
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 California he worked under Dr. Frederick August Kolster, famed "father of the radio compass," at Federal Telegraph Co.,
From Time Magazine Archive
Huddled close in a thicket, they consulted the radio compass that Frank drew from his pocket.
From Army Boys in the French Trenches Or, Hand to Hand Fighting with the Enemy by Randall, Homer
