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RDF
(redirected from Radio direction finder)

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RDFResource Description Framework (W3C)
RDFRefuse-Derived Fuel
RDFResource Definition Framework
RDFReality-Distortion Field (slang; attribute shared by charismatic leaders, like Steve Jobs of Apple Computers where the term originated)
RDFRadio Direction Finder(ing)
RDFRichard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (also seen as RDFRS)
RDFRapid Deployment Force
RDFResource Description Format
RDFRadial Distribution Function
RDFRate Decrease Factor (ATMF)
RDFRegional Development Fund (Europe)
RDFRaw Data File
RDFRobotech Defense Force (Macross, Anime)
RDFRevolutionary Democratic Front (various locations)
RDFReserve Defence Force (Irish Army)
RDFRadiodiffusion Française (French broadcasting company; 1945-1949)
RDFRemote Delivery Facility (Pentagon Renovation Project)
RDFRandom Dopant Fluctuation
RDFRecord Definition Field
RDFRecycling Disposal Facility
RDFReverse Domain Filling
RDFRadio Detection Finding
RDFReaction Data File
RDFRwanda Defense Force
RDFResource Development Foundation
RDFRate Distortion Function
RDFReverse Dispersion Fiber
RDFRemote Distribution Frame (Sprint)
RDFRepeater Distribution Frame (ITU-T)
RDFReceive Data Register Full
RDFRetek Demand Forecasting
RDFRenesas Design France (French telecommunications company)
RDFRural Development Foundation of Pakistan
RDFRead Destructive Fault
RDFRoute Designator Field
RDFRecursive Digital Filter
RDFRonde des Facs (French student group)
RDFRevised Delivery Forecast
RDFRadar Direction Finder
RDFRecueil de Données de Fiabilité (French: Reliability Data Collection)
RDFRekawa Development Foundation (Sri Lanka)
RDFRoute Definition File
RDFRemote Diagnostic Facility
RDFRobust Dependent Fault
RDFRadiation Design Factor
RDFReport Data Format
RDFRainy Day Fund (budgets)
RDFRemote Data Facility (computing)
RDFRegional Detention Facility (various locations)


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It is also faster, can carry four crew members instead of just three like the previous boat and has a combined radar and chart plotter, as well as a radio direction finder previously only found on all-weather lifeboats, to help in poor weather conditions.
Radio Direction Finders (RDFs) were once the primary method for ships and aircraft to navigate; most of us have seen pictures of World War II airplanes with the familiar loop antenna projecting out of the fuselage, ready to direct the fighter or bomber home after a mission.
Greater uniformity of water temperature improved sonar performance, and all weapons were ready when word came that a radio direction finder on shore had pinpointed a transmission from a U-boat near the convoy.
 
 
 
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