ADF

Equipment

Automatic direction-finder

An ADF is an airborne radio navigation receiver that points to an NDB or other suitable low and medium frequency radio source. It shows the relative bearing of the station to the aircraft, usually on a needle indicator. Pilots use it for homing, tracking to or from an NDB, and for some instrument approach procedures. You must allow for wind, because the needle points to the station, not to the desired ground track.

Also known as

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