DEVICE FOR HOMING DIRECTIONAL AERIAL Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: radio engineering. SUBSTANCE: device for homing of directional aerial has bearing-and- turning gear with polar axis, aerial put on polar axis, electric motor drive for turn of aerial with reference to polar axis, pickup of angle of rotation with respect to polar axis and control unit connected to pickup of angle of rotation and electric motor drive. Pickup of angle of rotation is manufactured in the form of two channels: discrete pickup with Gray code of zone number assigned for each satellite and pickup of continuous position of satellite within zone. EFFECT: prolonged service life of device thanks to use of contactless pickup of angle of rotation of aerial, increased accuracy of homing thanks to use of continuous position and discrete pickups. 3 dwg