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  2. Very high frequency - Wikipedia

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    Common uses for radio waves in the VHF band are Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) and FM radio broadcasting, television broadcasting, two-way land mobile radio systems (emergency, business, private use and military), long range data communication up to several tens of kilometers with radio modems, amateur radio, and marine communications.

  3. Automobile auxiliary power outlet - Wikipedia

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    For the 12 volt systems, the center contact is the positive terminal and the shell is the negative terminal. Most automobiles connect the negative terminal to the frame of the vehicle (negative ground). 12 volt auto connectors are made to comply with a standard by Underwriters Laboratories for safety. UL2089 was developed to cover the ...

  4. Direction finding - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Navy RDF model SE 995 which used a sense antenna was in use during World War I. [10] After World War II, there were many small and large firms making direction finding equipment for mariners, including Apelco, Aqua Guide, Bendix, Gladding (and its marine division, Pearce-Simpson), Ray Jefferson, Raytheon, and Sperry.

  5. Power antenna - Wikipedia

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    The automatic kind will also lower when the ignition switch is turned off. Unlike most car antennas adjusted directly by hand, power antennas retract completely beneath the surface that they are mounted on. This convenience could be found on most luxury cars by the late-1950s. The automatic power antenna became much more common in the 1970s. [1]

  6. Antenna tuner - Wikipedia

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    An antenna tuner, a matchbox, transmatch, antenna tuning unit (ATU), antenna coupler, or feedline coupler is a device connected between a radio transmitter or receiver and its antenna to improve power transfer between them by matching the impedance of the radio to the antenna's feedline. Antenna tuners are particularly important for use with ...

  7. Digital audio radio service - Wikipedia

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    Digital audio radio service (DARS) is any type of digital radio program service.In the United States it is the official FCC term for digital radio services.. The most popular type of DARS in the U.S. and Canada is SDARS (Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service), used by Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio.

  8. Automatic-tracking satellite dish - Wikipedia

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    Automatic Tracking Satellite Dishes are satellite dishes used while a vehicle, boat or ship is in motion. Automatic tracking satellite dishes utilize gyroscopes, GPS position sensors, and uses unique satellite identification data and an integrated DVB decoder to aid in identification of the satellite that it is pointing at.

  9. Radio navigation - Wikipedia

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    ILS-antenna on Hannover Airport VHF direction finder antenna of the ARNS on Deister nearby Hanover Aeronautical radionavigation service (short: ARNS ) is – according to Article 1.46 of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) Radio Regulations (RR) [ 14 ] – defined as " A radionavigation service intended for the benefit and for the ...