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  2. Global Mobile Satellite System - Wikipedia

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    In 1996, the ITU introduced country code +881 for direct international dialing of phones on GMSS providers. ( Inmarsat had already been allocated country code +870.) The next digit following the country code is allocated (two at a time) to a particular GMSS carrier: [ 1 ] [ 2 ]

  3. Global Maritime Distress and Safety System - Wikipedia

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    [1]: 1 [2] GMDSS consists of several systems which are intended to perform the following functions: alerting (including position determination of the ship in distress) ships in the vicinity and ashore authorities, [ 1 ] : 1 search and rescue coordination, locating (homing), maritime safety information broadcasts, general communications, and ...

  4. Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles - Wikipedia

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    The Order of Turtles began as a drinking club formed by WWII pilots for humorous reasons, as well as camaraderie. [3] According to Denis P. McGowan of the "Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles", his father, the late Captain Hugh P. McGowan, U.S. Army Air Corps/U.S. Air Force Reserve (Ret.) and several pilots of the U.S. Army Air Corps 8th Air Force founded the Ancient and Honorable Order of ...

  5. L band - Wikipedia

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    The Global Positioning System carriers are in the L band, centered at 1176.45 MHz (L5), 1227.60 MHz (L2), 1381.05 MHz (L3), and 1575.42 MHz (L1) frequencies. L band waves are used for GPS units because they are able to penetrate clouds, fog, rain, storms, and vegetation.

  6. List of Case Closed volumes (81–100) - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] Viz Media announced its licensing of the series on June 1, 2004, and following Funimation Entertainment's English localization, released the series under the name Case Closed with renamed characters. [4] [5] The series follows high school detective Jimmy Kudo who was transformed into a child after being forced to swallow a poison.

  7. 881 (number) - Wikipedia

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    the Port of Los Angeles Long Wharf, California State Historic Landmark #881 [citation needed] In astronomy, NGC 881 is an Sc type galaxy in the constellation Cetus. [2] A bilingual play on words when text chatting in Mandarin Chinese or bilingually Mandarin Chinese and English. "881" is pronounced ba ba yi in

  8. Hickman v Kent or Romney Marsh Sheep-Breeders' Association

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    Article 49 said disputes between the association and a member should go to arbitration, before court. Mr Hickman complained about refusal to register his sheep in the published flock book and was under threat of being expelled. He started proceedings in the High Court and the association sought an injunction.

  9. Hayes AT command set - Wikipedia

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    The Hayes command set (also known as the AT command set) is a specific command language originally developed by Dale Heatherington and Dennis Hayes [1] [2] for the Hayes Smartmodem in 1981. The command set consists of a series of short text strings which can be combined to produce commands for operations such as dialing, hanging up, and ...