A method of operating a touch probe and probe system for performing the method

A method of operating a probe system having a probe having a by contact with a to be probed component deflectable feeler element, which is positioned toward the probing of the component in a working space and directed by at least one transmitter sends signals to a receiver, characterized in that the probe (1) is so rotated at a change of its position in the working space (a) at least one axis, that the receiver (3) is even after the change in position in the receiving range of a transmitter (2).