radio beacon
noun
: 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 Bonhomme William — which had been cleared of its radio beacon and contaminating liquids — then sank in the darkness.
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Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 26 July 2024
The crew’s dire situation was discovered when an emergency radio beacon that was picked up by USCG watchstanders in Virginia.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024
After unsuccessfully trying to make contact with the boat on VHF Channel 16, the Coast Guard received an emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) activation from the vessel and issued an urgent marine information broadcast over the radio.
—Brie Stimson, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2023
An alert from a radio beacon led rescue crews to a 29-foot inflatable catamaran about 1:30 a.m.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
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Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 26 July 2024
The crew’s dire situation was discovered when an emergency radio beacon that was picked up by USCG watchstanders in Virginia.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024
After unsuccessfully trying to make contact with the boat on VHF Channel 16, the Coast Guard received an emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) activation from the vessel and issued an urgent marine information broadcast over the radio.
—Brie Stimson, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2023
An alert from a radio beacon led rescue crews to a 29-foot inflatable catamaran about 1:30 a.m.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
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“Radio beacon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radio%20beacon. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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