radio beacon in the PONS Dictionary

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In a race against time, the ship successfully tracked the sailor's emergency radio beacon and effected the rescue with just an hour of sunlight left.
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An added large steel tower atop the light is a radio beacon.
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The idea was to see if broadcasts could be made without providing enemy aircraft with a navigational radio beacon.
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In 1969 the station was automated and the radio beacon was removed.
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A radio beacon was active from 1963 to 1992.
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Such waypoints over land often have an associated radio beacon so that pilots can more easily check where they are.
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In addition, a radio beacon, with a 50 mi signal that originates from the station, also assists mariners.
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In its simplest form contains a radio beacon to allow the location of the animal.
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Nothing further was heard until 17:47, when a satellite picked up an emergency position radio beacon.
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The report underlined that false signals from the radio beacon were an important underlying cause.
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