Eli5: How, poisition of unknown radio receiver tracked, operating in a spefic frequency.

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Eli5: How, poisition of unknown radio receiver tracked, operating in a spefic frequency.

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Receivers are passive. They can’t be tracked.

Transmitters can be, fairly easily even, but receivers can’t.

To track a transmitter, you can either use directional antennas to determine the direction of the signal, or you can use precisely measured timing to triangulate a position.