The Decca Navigator System was a hyperbolic radio navigation system that allowed ships and aircraft to determine their position by using radio signals...

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accurate than the timing system used by the master/secondary stations. By this time the Loran-C and Decca Navigator systems were dominant in the medium-range...

commercial ventures after the war, in particular, the Decca Navigator System, and the Decca Radar company. Decca Radar launched its first marine radar, the 159...

Air Force for use by RAF Bomber Command. This was followed by the Decca Navigator System in 1944 by the Royal Navy, along with LORAN by the US Navy for long-range...

g., Gee, Sonne (a.k.a. Consol), LORAN(-A and -C), Decca Navigator System and Omega Navigation System) that significantly reduced the need for positioning...

partly on similar ground-based radio-navigation systems, such as LORAN and the Decca Navigator System, developed in the early 1940s. In 1955, Friedwardt...

of ships and aircraft. Examples are the Decca Navigator System and LORAN. Nowadays, local positioning systems are often used as complementary (and in...

pp. 77–83. ISBN 0-7102-1271-2. Powell, Claud (March 1958). "The Decca Navigator System for Ship and Aircraft Use" (PDF). The Institution of Electrical...

hyperbolic navigation system, pulse timing systems like Gee and LORAN, and phase-timing systems like the Decca Navigator System. The former requires sharp...

radio navigation system operated on 100 kHz. In the past, the Decca Navigator System operated between 70 kHz and 129 kHz. The last Decca chains were closed...

officer during World War II William J. O'Brien, inventor of the Decca Navigator System William P. O'Brien (police commissioner) (1891–1960), American police...

and Ireland, the system was implemented as a maritime navigation aid to fill the gap left by the demise of the Decca Navigator System in 2000. With a network...

Radio navigation systems came into general use after World War II. Several systems were developed including the Decca Navigator System, the US coastguard...

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officers, 74 ratings Sensors and processing systems ASDIC Radio Radar Gyrocompass Echo sounder Decca Navigator System Electronic warfare & decoys Degaussing...

positions, and hyperbolic trilateration is the principle used by the Decca Navigator System and LORAN. Similarly, the location of an aircraft may be determined...

point of arrival of the bullet on a firing range target. Decca Navigator System – A system used from the end of World War II to the year 2000, employing...

the busiest area of sea in the world. The Decca Navigator System was a hyperbolic radio navigation system for commercial use that was installed in the...

Formed from No. 1 (Signals) Wing RAF to control Gee (navigation) and Decca Navigator System chains No. 144 Signals Unit RAF 1951 RAF Bawdsey, 1953-1958 RAF...

The company diversified during World War II to make radar and the Decca Navigator System. The Shannon typewriter company manufactured at Shannon Corner to...

have numerous modifications to include elaborate weapons and anti-pursuit systems, alternative transportation modes, and various other functions. One car...

the development of the Decca Navigator System and the company's subsequent expansion to become a leader in maritime radar systems. He later worked for Plessey...

salt water. Available navigation equipment installed included a Decca Navigator System, VOR, and ADF receivers. During the flight, the co-pilot had asked...

replaced with the Decca Navigator System (Mark 6), which directly output measurements on three dials. By locating both the ADI and Decca output on the navigation...

Shipyard, Brooklyn, New York; Used mainly for rescue, movie and Decca Navigator System research. PIKE'S ARM Launched 1962; Rig: motor vessel; Material:...

aircraft. The Gee navigation system transmitted from stations at Daventry, Stenigot and Ventnor. The Decca Navigator System in the last year of the war...

for survey with its precision Fathometer. The survey, using the Decca Navigator System met the requirement to cover the entire area with its soundings...

confined areas in the jungle. All the aircraft were equipped with the Decca Navigator System. Aircraft maintenance support and availability of spare parts required...

cities. Decca, OMEGA, and LORAN-C are three similar hyperbolic navigation systems. Decca was a hyperbolic low frequency radio navigation system (also known...