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  2. Radar beacon - Wikipedia

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    Radar beacon (short: racon) is – according to article 1.103 of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) ITU Radio Regulations (RR) [1] – defined as "A transmitter-receiver associated with a fixed navigational mark which, when triggered by a radar, automatically returns a distinctive signal which can appear on the display of the ...

  3. Air traffic control radar beacon system - Wikipedia

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    An ATC ground station consists of two radar systems and their associated support components. The most prominent component is the PSR. It is also referred to as skin paint radar because it shows not synthetic or alpha-numeric target symbols, but bright (or colored) blips or areas on the radar screen produced by the RF energy reflections from the target's "skin."

  4. List of World War II electronic warfare equipment - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of World War II electronic warfare equipment and code words and tactics derived directly from the use of electronic equipment.. This list includes many examples of radar, radar jammers, and radar detectors, often used by night fighters; also beam-guidance systems and radio beacons.

  5. Eddystone (Google) - Wikipedia

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    This beacon is the underpinning of the Physical Web. In android 4.4 or higher, it causes a notification to be displayed on the user's phone. As of October 2017, Google removed Eddystone detection from Chrome on iOS and Android.

  6. Aviation transponder interrogation modes - Wikipedia

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    Mode S transponders are compatible with Mode A and Mode C Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) systems. [2] This is the type of transponder that is used for TCAS or ACAS II ( Airborne Collision Avoidance System ) functions, and is required to implement the extended squitter broadcast, one means of participating in ADS-B systems.

  7. Ramark - Wikipedia

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    A ramark, syllabic acronym for radar marker, was a type of radar beacon used to mark maritime navigational hazards. Ramarks are no longer in use. Ramarks are a non-directional, continuously transmitting radar beacon which indicate the bearing to a navigational hazard when viewed on a radar plan position indicator (PPI) display. [1]

  8. ASR-9 - Wikipedia

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    ASR-9 is an airport surveillance radar system admitted into the National Airspace System (NAS), to be utilized by the Federal Aviation Administration to monitor civilian and commercial air traffic within the United States. Developed by Westinghouse, ASR-9 was the first radar system to display air traffic, and weather conditions simultaneously.

  9. Lorenz beam - Wikipedia

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    Lorenz-System Guidance Beam Landing Radio Beacon. Lorenz used a single radio transmitter at 33.3 MHz (German: Anflugfunkfeuer, lit. 'approach radio beacon') and three vertically polararized antennas placed in a line parallel to the end of the runway. The center antenna was always provided with the RF signal, while the other two were short ...