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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Honolulu received a distress alert shortly after 12:30 p.m. on Aug. 24 from an emergency radio beacon roughly 925 miles east of Hawaii, according to a news release from the Coast Guard. —

Landon Mion, Fox News, 2 Sep. 2024 The Bonhomme William — which had been cleared of its radio beacon and contaminating liquids — then sank in the darkness. —

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. —

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