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Model tracking by radio. Using a radio beacon (bug) and suitable receiving equipment to locate free-flight model aircraft. Part 1.
AERO MODELLER #745 Dec 19 1997 (v.62) pg. 40

Model tracking by radio. Using a radio beacon (bug) and suitable receiving equipment to locate free-flight model aircraft. Part 2.
AERO MODELLER #746 Jan 16 1998 (v.63) pg. 12

Omega Navigation. Part 1. How to navigate using the Omega radio-based world-wide navigation system. How the Omega system works, how to design and build a minicomputer based personal navigation system receiver and the necessary software to find your location. Use on both boats and aircraft.
BYTE Feb 1977 (v.2#2) pg. 62

Omega navigation. Part 2. Simplified Omega receiver details.
BYTE Mar 1977 (v.2#3) pg. 70

Omega navigation. Part 3. Computer software.
BYTE Apr 1977 (v.2#4) pg. 100

Omni aviation navigation system. Simulate aircraft instrument navigation using simple trigonometry and this BASIC program.
BYTE Jun 1982 (v.7#6) pg. 468

The poor man's radar antenna. A signal seeking and satellite tracking antenna for 432 MHz.
CQ. THE RADIO AMATEUR'S JOURNAL Jun 1981 (v.37#6) pg. 40

Tracking transmitter. Build a transmitter that outputs a series of short, tone-modulated pulses which can be picked up by a portable FM receiver. Use it to locate your car in a parking lot, monitor the movement of children or pets, etc. Est. cost: $29 (kit).
ELECTRONICS HOBBYISTS HANDBOOK 1993 pg. 23

CB direction finder loop antenna for locating transmitter.
ELECTRONICS ILLUSTRATED Sep 1970 (v.13#5) pg. 47

Radio direction finding. How the pros track down radio signals.
ELEMENTARY ELECTRONICS Sep-Oct 1980 (v.20#5) pg. 43

2-meter radio direction finder. Use a loop antenna and a hand-held transceiver to locate unlicensed transmitters.
HANDS-ON ELECTRONICS Sep-Oct 1986 (v.3#5) pg. 52

RF Sniffer locates transmitters or other sources of interfering RF energy by detecting RF from below the standard broadcast band to well over 500 MHz.
HANDS-ON ELECTRONICS Feb 1987 (v.4#2) pg. 92

Build the electronic "bug" swatter. RF sniffer can locate minuscule RF signals from just about any source, including eavesdropping devices, leaky microwave ovens, RF interference, etc.
HANDS-ON ELECTRONICS Aug 1988 (v.5#8) pg. 75
Correction HANDS-ON ELECTRONICS Jan 1989 (v.6#1) pg. 4

A direction finder you can build. Report on the Heathkit MR-1010 unit.
MECHANIX ILLUSTRATED #575 Apr 1976 (v.72) pg. 94

Simple 27-MHz CB direction finder loop antenna.
POPULAR COMMUNICATIONS Mar 1989 (v.7#7) pg. 36

VHF trackers. Tips on using a VHF handheld transceiver or a VHF portable programmable scanner as a direction finder for high band signals. Helpful in pinpointing 121.5 MHz locator beacons in downed aircraft.
POPULAR COMMUNICATIONS Jan 1990 (v.8#5) pg. 46

AM radio direction finder for use with 28 MHz transmitters. Sensitive to 1 mile.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [1] Mar 1968 (v.28#3) pg. 78

Build the "Whistler" VLF (very low frequency) receiver to receive the U.S. Navy's OMEGA radio-navigation signals (10- to 14-kHz).
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Jul 1989 (v.6#7) pg. 39

Ham radio "fox hunting". Locating a hidden radio transmitter using radio direction-finding techniques.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Aug 1989 (v.6#8) pg. 84

Automobile locator. An RF oscillator and a sensitive receiver can help you find your automobile in a large parking lot.
RADIO-ELECTRONICS Apr 1982 (v.53#4) pg. 32

Build a "bug detector", a radio-frequency detector that can locate low-power (1-mW) transmitters at a distance up to 20 feet. Est. cost: $60.
RADIO-ELECTRONICS Jun 1989 (v.60#6) pg. 42

Device to simulate the direction-finding apparatus of an airport landing system using light beams instead of radio waves.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Jan 1973 (v.228#1) pg. 116

Cockpit classroom. ADF navigation.
SPORT AVIATION Oct 1984 (v.33#10) pg. 42

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