radio beacon
Example Sentences
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Coast Guard teams received an emergency position-indicating radio beacon from the vessel, the FV Ethel May, that began broadcasting a signal as it went down around 7:30 p.m.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 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
The radio beacon had been functioning all day, and they had received confirmation signals from the ship.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
