Editing Direction finding (section)

===Single-channel DF===
Single-channel DF uses a multi-antenna array with a single channel radio receiver. This approach to DF offers some advantages and drawbacks. Since it only uses one receiver, mobility and lower power consumption are benefits. Without the ability to look at each antenna simultaneously (which would be the case if one were to use multiple receivers, also known as N-channel DF) more complex operations need to occur at the antenna in order to present the signal to the receiver.

The two main categories that a single channel DF algorithm falls into are ''amplitude comparison'' and ''phase comparison''. Some algorithms can be hybrids of the two.

====Pseudo-doppler DF technique====
The [[Doppler radio direction finding|pseudo-doppler technique]] is a phase based DF method that produces a bearing estimate on the received signal by measuring the [[doppler shift]] induced on the signal by sampling around the elements of a circular array.  The original method used a single antenna that physically moved in a circle but the modern approach uses a multi-antenna circular array with each antenna sampled in succession.

====Watson–Watt, or Adcock-antenna array====
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The [[Robert Watson-Watt|Watson-Watt]] technique uses two antenna pairs to perform an amplitude comparison on the incoming signal. The popular Watson-Watt method uses an array of two orthogonal coils (magnetic dipoles) in the horizontal plane, often completed with an omnidirectional vertically polarized electric dipole to resolve 180° ambiguities.

The [[Adcock antenna|Adcock antenna array]] uses a pair of monopole or dipole antennas that takes the vector difference of the received signal at each antenna so that there is only one output from each pair of antennas. Two of these pairs are co-located but perpendicularly oriented to produce what can be referred to as the N–S (North-South) and E–W (East-West) signals that will then be passed to the receiver.  In the receiver, the bearing angle can then be computed by taking the [[arctangent]] of the ratio of the N–S to E–W signal.

====Correlative interferometer====
The basic principle of the correlative interferometer consists in comparing the measured phase differences with the phase differences obtained for a DF antenna system of known configuration at a known wave angle (reference data set). For this, at least three antenna elements (with omnidirectional reception characteristics) must form a non-collinear basis. The comparison is made for different azimuth and elevation values of the reference data set. The bearing result is obtained from a correlative and stochastic evaluation for which the [[Correlation and dependence|correlation coefficient]] is at a maximum. If the direction finding antenna elements have a directional antenna pattern, then the amplitude may be included in the comparison. 
	
Typically, the correlative interferometer DF system consists of more than five antenna elements. These are scanned one after the other via a specific switching matrix. In a multi-channel DF system n antenna elements are combined with m receiver channels to improve the DF-system performance.