radio beacon
nounDefinition of radio beacon
: a radio transmitting station that transmits special radio signals for use (as on a landing field) in determining the direction or position of those receiving them
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The plane also carried Rebecca, a device to detect Eureka radio beacons on the ground. — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, "The Return of 'That’s All, Brother': The Plane That Led the D-Day Invasion," 4 June 2019 The lunar module was equipped with a radio beacon, a knife and two containers of sun lotion. — David Shribman, latimes.com, "50 years after Apollo 11, the moon’s allure still resonates," 11 July 2019 The lunar module was equipped with a radio beacon, a knife and two containers of sun lotion. — David Shribman, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Column One: 50 years after Apollo 11, the moon’s allure still resonates," 11 July 2019 This panel would detach just before a water landing and activate a radio beacon. — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, "Why We Need a New Black Box," 7 May 2019 With that in mind, Kraan-Korteweg has a plan to use a type of cosmic radio beacon to map out everything behind the thickest parts of the Zone of Avoidance. — Quanta Magazine, "Hidden Supercluster Could Solve Milky Way Mystery," 21 Nov. 2017 Modern technology is of little use—the rock blocks signals from satellites to GPS devices, although radio beacons can sometimes be helpful. — Jake Maxwell Watts, WSJ, "What Lies Beneath? Vague Mapping Complicates Thai Cave Rescue," 8 July 2018 Eddie Jacks, like most Tangier crabbers, had not fitted his boat with an emergency position-indicating radio beacon, or EPIRB, a device that automatically sends a satellite signal when a boat is in distress and pinpoints its location for rescuers. — Earl Swift, Outside Online, "The Incredible True Story of the Henrietta C.," 20 June 2018 The submarine also has an emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) and a satellite communications buoy that can be deployed if the vessel is in distress. — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "US Navy sends underwater robots to assist in search for Argentine sub [Updated]," 20 Nov. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'radio beacon.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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