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Sense Antenna
Sense Antenna
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Textbook page 81
ADF on RMI
A vast improvement is the RMI (Radio Magnetic Indicator). The RMI has a slaved compass card that follows the aircraft heading so the top of the card always indicates aircraft heading.
The RMI has 2 pointers which enable the pilot to select any combinations of ADF and VOR stations.
Textbook page 82
ADF Controls
The ADF display has 2 sides: one for active and the other for stored frequencies. The indicator light shows which frequency is active. The transfer switch, TFR, allows selection of which frequency is active. The TONE switch is the same as the BFO (Beat Frequency Oscillator) to make an audio ID of the station for stations that dont broadcast audio. ANT is equivalent to the REC mode in the analog system.
The goniometer computes angle information which is fed to the ADF receiver. The loop and sense antenna pick up directional signals from the station. The receiver computes bearing information to the station and sends it to the RMI.
The Morse code station ID is sent to the aircrafts audio control panel.