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
On the airway between Dayton, Ohio, and Moundsville, W. Va., the Army Air Service has installed a "radio compass," with electric oscillations flashing between the towers at either end of the airway.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of 16 B-29s on the way from California to Great Britain was having trouble with its radio compass.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of these the 750 wave is reserved for government stations such as radio compass stations, etc.;
From Walter and the Wireless by William F. (William Frederick) Stecher
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