radio
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Using Starlink, Ukrainian drones are able to maintain stronger connections with operators over longer distances than conventional radio networks and are less vulnerable to jamming.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
"It allows for operations at very low altitudes -- it is controlled by a signal from space, bypassing the radio horizon and the Earth's curvature -- factors that otherwise limit ground-based remote control signals."
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Although Van Zandt has long held a home in New York City, the radio host also has strong ties to New Jersey, where there’s a street named in his honor in his hometown of Middletown.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
His mom dropped him off at the midtown studios of a satellite radio company, where he watched a morning show get made.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
“Keep goin’, Gerry,” another ham radio operator added, when Martin paused his description.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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The cut fiber line was a backup data feed that was unavailable when a primary circuit failed, leading to a loss of radar data and radios, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Car radios were still uncommon, but one afternoon, the airborne commander spent 20 minutes chewing out a Sunday driver he saw weaving and dodging through a traffic jam in Queens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
"We have 137 radios in circulation, if there is an incident unfolding it can be reported in real time and hopefully we can avoid any crime happening," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
L3Harris provides waveforms and radios that can help circumvent the type of electronic jamming that Russia has been using to disrupt Ukrainian drones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Had to ride in one of the wheelbarrows as I now had neither trousers nor shoes—they hid me under the same sacking they’d used to hide the radios, stinking of onion and cows.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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He had no idea until one of the other choppers radioed him to tell him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
But after eight laps Norris radioed his team to say he had no rear grip and he began to lose time to the Mercedes and fall back into the clutches of Leclerc.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Minutes earlier, the pilot radioed in to staff at the tower, SoCal Approach, asking if a drone was near that location.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
“This is the last warning. This is the last warning,” the Iranian forces radioed to one of the destroyers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
After we got there, and the sheriff had heard Mr. Ewalt’s story, he radioed his office and told them to send reinforcements, and an ambulance.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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About 15 minutes after the collision, the controller is still on duty, radioing to a Frontier pilot lined up for the same runway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
Moments after the capsule reached orbit, a SpaceX mission control manager was heard jokingly radioing to the crew: "If you enjoyed your ride, please don't forget to give us five stars."
From Reuters ● Mar. 2, 2023
I call on the way and, like the pilot of a stricken plane radioing ahead with an order to foam the runway, I request that they get some drum hardware bags ready for me.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2022
Prosecutors criticized Potter for not immediately radioing in what happened at the traffic stop.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2021
The only thing happening was a lot of radioing between mission control and the astronauts.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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