WordNet
n. a direction finder that gives a bearing by determining the direction of incoming radio signals
Usage examples of "radio compass".
THE MAGNETIC COMPASS HAS BEEN TAMPERED WITH AND THE RADIO COMPASS ALSO.
Ed stood there leaning against the radio compass, shaking his head from side to side in stunned disbelief.
With the kerosene lantern left as the only illumination in the cabin, little was visible except the top of the radio compass, its white card bright in the beam of light.
The apparatus he had just employed was a radio compass, the tiny loop of which was in the roadster rear and operated from the knob by remote control.
The big ship was kept on a direct course, as indicated by the radio compass.
A touch of the right button illuminated the needle of the radio compass that was zeroed in on my home base.