NavList:
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From: Paul Dolkas
Date: 2019 May 1, 04:32 +0000
Translated by computer
Paul Dolkas
From: NavList@fer3.com [mailto:NavList@fer3.com]
On Behalf Of David Pike
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2019 4:02 PM
To: Paul Dolkas
Subject: [NavList] Re: Early Air Navigation with RDF
Let’s not forget the Zeppelins. The military Zeppelins navigated with varying degrees of success with both ground based DF bearings transmitted back by WT to the calling Zeppelin and with
the Telefunken Kompass Sender
System, 1908-1918, so it would be reasonable to assume they picked up again with their first civil passenger carrying Zeppelin, the LZ127 Graf Zeppelin in 1928, especially as the ship had a radio room, a selection of receivers
and transmitters, and three Radio Operators! Apparently the ship had a maritime style loop DF aerial under the gondola. An artists impression of it can be viewed here
http://www.seefunknetz.de/lzzep.htm (fourth picture down). German speakers, not me, will be able
to read about it in detail. DaveP
