On Tue, 07 Apr 1998 09:53:15 -0400 (EDT) Bill Tippett <btippett@CTC.Net>
writes:
> I received an interesting response from one of our subscribers
>who works for the FCC:
>
>"My employer has used a bi-directional version of this sort of antenna
>for over 50 years, called the "Adcock Array." They work very well.
>The Adcock Array is used for direction finding in the MF and HF
>spectrum. It is typically mounted at the top of a telephone pole and
>has a continuous-rotation type motor turning the array boom."
>
> Maybe the idea is not so new but this is the first time I
>am aware that amateurs have used it. It will be interesting to
>learn more about it.
Go to an airport...they have been using the Adcock for more years than
you and I have been around. Nothing new at all.
Carl KM1H
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