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A simple technique called the “body fade” helps with locating these things. Individuals searching for these things might use a three-element quad or yagi with a high front-to-back ratio and look for “nulls” and “peaks”. Though it was originally invented to detect lightning strikes, a system nicknamed “huff-duff” displays the location of these things on an oscilloscope. A sport known as “fox hunting” combines orienteering with finding these things. (-5[1])During World War II, Robert Watson-Watt was tasked to determine if the Nazis could use one of these things as a “death ray”, which eventually led to the (*) Chain Home project. (-5[1])The task of finding the bearing to one of these things is simply called “direction finding”, which along with GPS is often used by aircraft or ships for navigation. (10[1])For 10 points, antennas are used to detect signals produced by what things through amplitude or frequency modulation? ■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: radio transmitters [accept transmitters; accept any description of something that produces radio waves; accept foxes before “fox hunting”; prompt on “waves” or “signals” with “what kind of wave/signal?”; prompt on “antennas”, “beacons”, or “towers” with “what kind of thing does that act as?”] (Britain’s Chain Home project was the first radar detection system.)
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= Average correct buzz position