Pip-squeak
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pip-squeak-311-3653472
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Pip-squeak
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Pip-squeak was a radio navigation system used by the British Royal Air Force during the early part of World War II. Pip-squeak used an aircraft's voice radio set to periodically send out a 1 kHz tone which was picked up by ground-based high-frequency direction finding receivers. Using three HFDF measurements, observers could determine the location of friendly aircraft using triangulation. Pip-squeak was used by fighter aircraft during the Battle of Britain as part of the Dowding system, where it
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2024-01-24T18:43:18Z
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