radio beacon
Example Sentences
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At about 12:48 p.m. the First Coast Guard District command center received an alert from an emergency radio beacon registered to the 55-foot commercial fishing vessel Miss Kara.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2023
A radio beacon was not activated and could have been non-functional, the report said.
From Washington Times • Oct. 9, 2019
A brief radio beacon can be very bright, and the briefer it is, the less it costs.
From Slate • Dec. 9, 2015
The sailboat’s position had been relayed to authorities by an emergency radio beacon.
From Scientific American • Apr. 5, 2012
In the vicinity of White Sand Bay he picked up the lighthouse’s radio beacon and, gaining confidence by the moment, made the big swing to the south.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
