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  2. Radar beacon - Wikipedia

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    When a racon receives a radar pulse, it responds with a signal on the same frequency which puts an image on the radar display. This takes the form of a short line of dots and dashes forming a Morse character radiating away from the location of the beacon on the normal plan position indicator radar display. The length of the line usually ...

  3. Radio beacon - Wikipedia

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    In navigation, a radio beacon or radiobeacon is a kind of beacon, a device that marks a fixed location and allows direction-finding equipment to find relative bearing. But instead of employing visible light , radio beacons transmit electromagnetic radiation in the radio wave band .

  4. 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."

  5. Satellite emergency position-indicating radiobeacon station

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    COSPAS-SARSAT satellite emergency position-indicating radiobeacon station. Satellite emergency position-indicating radiobeacon station (sort: SEPIRS) is – according to article 1.94 of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) ITU Radio Regulations (RR) [1] – defined as "An earth station in the mobile-satellite service the emissions of which are intended to facilitate search and ...

  6. List of free geology software - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of free and open-source software for geological data handling and interpretation. The list is split into broad categories, depending on the intended use of the software and its scope of functionality. Notice that 'free and open-source' requires that the source code is available and users are given a free software license.

  7. Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System - Wikipedia

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    The Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) is a technologically advanced processing, display, and telecommunications system that is the cornerstone of the United States National Weather Service's (NWS) operations.

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  9. AN/APQ-181 - Wikipedia

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    Light surface below wing edges is the AN/APQ-181 radar antenna. The AN/APQ-181 is an all-weather, low probability of intercept (LPI) phased array radar system designed by Hughes Aircraft (now Raytheon) for the U.S. Air Force B-2A Spirit bomber aircraft. The system was developed in the mid-1980s and entered service in 1993.