Command guidance and tracking system

Claim 1

A COMMAND GUIDANCE AND TRACKING SYSTEM INCLUDING A CONTROLLED STATION COMPRISING; A FIXED DELAY MEANS HAVING AN INPUT; A FIRST PULSE GENERATOR HAVING AN OUTPUT CONNECTED TO THE INPUT OF SAID FIXED DELAY MEANS, A GATING CIRCUIT HAVING START AND STOP INPUTS, THE OUTPUT OF SAID FIRST PULSE GENERATOR BEING CONNECTED TO THE START INPUT OF SAID GATING CIRCUIT AND THE OUTPUT OF THE FIXED DELAYING MEANS CONNECTED TO THE STOP INPUT OF SAID GATING CIRCUIT, DECODING MEANS HAVING AN INPUT, A RECEIVER FOR RECEIVING ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSMISSIONS HAVING AN OUTPUT CONNECTED TO THE INPUT OF SAID DECONDING MEANS, THE OUTPUT OF SAID GATING CIRCUIT CONNECTED TO SAID DECODING MEANS FOR GATING SAID DECODING MEANS, TRANSMITTING MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY, A FIRST OUTPUT OF SAID DECODING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID TRANSMITTING MEANS FOR KEYING SAID TRANSMITTING MEANS, CONTROL MEANS FOR CONTROLLING SAID CONTROL STATION, A SECOND OUTPUT OF SAID DECODING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID CONTROL MEANS FOR CONTROLLING SAID CONTROLLED STATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PREDETERMINED COMMAND CODE, AND A CONTROL STATION COMPRISING: A SECOND PULSE GENERATOR AT THE SAME FREQUENCY OF SAID FIRST PULSE GENERATOR, A FIRST VARIABLE DELAY MEANS, SAID SECOND PULSE GENERATOR HAVING AN OUTPUT CONNECTED TO THE INPUT OF SAID FIRST VARIABLE DELAY MEANS, SECOND VARIABLE DELAY MEANS, SAID FIRST VARIABLE DELAYING MEANS HAVING AN OUTPUT CONNECTED TO THE INPUT OF SAID SECOND VARIABLE DELAYING MEANS, CODING MEANS FOR GENERATING DESIRED CODES, SAID SECOND VARIABLE DELAYING MEANS HAVING AN OUTPUT CONNECTED TO THE INPUT OF SAID CODING MEANS, SECOND TRANSMITTING MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY, SAID CODING MEANS HAVING A FIRST OUTPUT CONNECTED TO A SAID SECOND TRANSMITTING MEANS FOR KEYING SAID SECOND TRANSMITTING MEANS, THIRD VARIABLE DELAY MEANS, A SECOND OUTPUT OF SAID CODING MEANS CONNECTED TO THIRD VARIABLE DELAYING MEANS, INDICATING MEANS FOR INDICATING RANGE TO THE CONTROLLED STATION, AND A THIRD OUTPUT OF SAID CODING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID INDICATING MEANS FOR TRIGGERING SAID INDICATING MEANS, SAID THIRD VARIABLE DELAYING MEANS HAVING AN OUTPUT CONNECTED TO THE INPUT OF SAID INDICATING MEANS FOR DISPLAY ON SAID INDICATING MEANS, AND SECOND RECEIVING MEANS FOR RECEIVING ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY TRANSMITTED BY SAID FIRST TRANSMITTING MEANS, SAID SECOND RECEIVING MEANS HAVING AN OUTPUT CONNECTED TO THE INPUT OF SAID INDICATING MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUS DISPLAY ON SAID INDICATING MEANS, SAID SECOND VARIABLE DELAYING MEANS AND SAID THIRD VARIABLE DELAYING MEANS HAVING DELAY MECHANISMS MECHANICALLY COUPLED IN A TWO TO ONE RATIO.