Radio direction finder

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by bracer

I also found this in the manual:
"Ist das zu suchende Zeichen in seiner Amplitude unbekannt oder stark schwankend, so wird der Kippschalter "Peilen - Suchen" auf "Suchen" geschaltet. Der Skalenverlauf des instrumentes ist in diesem Fall annähernd logaruthmisch und umfabt 5 dekaden. Ist das Zeichen verhältnismäBig konstant, so wird der Schalter auf "Peilen" geschaltet. Der Verlauf der Instrumentskala ist dann annähernd linear und umfabt eine dekade."


Translated to:
"If the amplitude of the character to be searched for is unknown or fluctuates strongly, the toggle switch "Peilen - Search" is switched to "Search". In this case, the scale of the instrument is approximately logarithmic and spanned 5 decades. If the symbol is relatively constant, the switch is switched to "bearing". The course of the instrument scale is then approximately linear and spans a decade."


Doesn't help me either. What would decade be in this context?

I think I discovered what it meant by this decade-Decade is also another word for 10-so could it mean it spans 10 something(hertz perhaps)
Suchen it scan widely and Peilen it scan 10(hertz) at the time.

Just a suggestion

Markus

[bracer]

Originally Posted by mapuc

I think I discovered what it meant by this decade-Decade is also another word for 10-so could it mean it spans 10 something(hertz perhaps)
Suchen it scan widely and Peilen it scan 10(hertz) at the time.

Just a suggestion

Markus

That makes sense! The indicator shows signal strength, so the search mode can pick up signals of various/wide amplitudes and the "Peilen" focuses on a smaller amplitude up to 10.

[mapuc]

Would also be interesting to know if he can get it to work and if he has luck getting in contact with other radio operators around the world.

I can't afford it, but manner what fun it would be taking to people in other places on our planet or having a chat with some of you.

Markus

[Platapus]

Why would you need a radio direction finder?


It's right there in front of you!

[Catfish]

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