[time-nuts] Slightly OT - GPS-Based Accurate Direction Finding

jimlux jimlux at earthlink.net
Fri Aug 27 03:57:43 UTC 2010


Hal Murray wrote:
>> You don't need to DF the VOR if you decode the signals.. the decoded  signal
>> (i.e. the phase difference between the 30 Hz AM and FM  modulations) tells
>> you what direction the VOR is relative to you...
> 
> The angle/phase from the VOR lets you draw a line on the map.  It doesn't 
> help you to point the map in the right direction.  For that, you need the DF.
> 

doh,, of course...



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