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Old 04-09-08, 07:43 PM   #3
M. Sarsfield
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The loop antenna on the subs were DF (direction finding) antennas. You wouldn't be able to pinpoint the location (unless you had another ship also doing DF on the same source), but you would have a bearing to the source of the transmission.
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