e1c69afa-54ad-42d1-91ba-497d81754feb20251125101821567wseas:wseasmdt@crossref.orgMDT DepositWSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS2224-266X1109-273410.37394/23201http://wseas.org/wseas/cms.action?id=2861214202521420252410.37394/23201.2025.24https://wseas.com/journals/cas/2025.phpMujahidAl-AzzoElectronics Engineering Department, Ninevah University, Nineveh, Mosul, IRAQMuhammadSalemElectronics Engineering Department, Ninevah University, Nineveh, Mosul, IRAQThe problem of determining the position of a wave radiation transmitter is important in the fields of communications and digital signal processing, where the transmitter’s spatial position is specified with respect to a reference point. Spectral estimation methods differ in their characteristics, with the ability to distinguish between closely spaced transmitters being one of the most notable. This study focused on two methods: the Fourier Transform (FT) as a classical method and Root-MUSIC as a modern method. 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