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Offline wkbTopic starter

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fascinating eBay find: R&S Goniometer
« on: March 30, 2016, 09:11:10 pm »
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Re: facinating eBay find: R&S Goniometer
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2016, 09:19:28 pm »
Looks like a gigantic antenna relay.
Maybe some kind of thing related to radionavigation (aviation)?
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Re: fascinating eBay find: R&S Goniometer
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2016, 09:25:54 pm »
Definitely military, according to this one (Bundeswehr == German army):

http://www.ebay.nl/itm/Bundeswehr-BW-R-S-Na-501-3-11-Goniometer-29x-R-S-Anschlus-/180476898355
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Re: fascinating eBay find: R&S Goniometer
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2016, 09:30:08 pm »
Hmm..... radio direction finding maybe?


http://www.armyradio.ch/radio-d/p-730.htm
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Re: fascinating eBay find: R&S Goniometer
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Re: fascinating eBay find: R&S Goniometer
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Re: fascinating eBay find: R&S Goniometer
« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2016, 05:49:52 pm »
BTW, for anyone interested, amateur radio folks do this recreationally in a number of places:
http://www.homingin.com/
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Re: fascinating eBay find: R&S Goniometer
« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2016, 07:44:30 pm »
Well, now you have something to measure your gonios with.
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Re: fascinating eBay find: R&S Goniometer
« Reply #8 on: May 02, 2016, 10:56:11 pm »
Thats a cool bit of kit.
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