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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The crew’s dire situation was discovered when an emergency radio beacon that was picked up by USCG watchstanders in Virginia.
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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.
—Brie Stimson, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2023
An alert from a radio beacon led rescue crews to a 29-foot inflatable catamaran about 1:30 a.m.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
Most vessels that sail across the ocean have an EPIRB, an emergency position-indicating radio beacon.
—Curbed, 21 June 2023
Titan lacked an emergency radio beacon or a dedicated recovery system.
—Alex Christian, WIRED, 29 June 2023
The submersible used a rudimentary system that basically communicated with the surface ship through text message, and likely lacked an emergency radio beacon that could have floated to the surface and started beeping if there was an emergency.
—oregonlive, 22 June 2023
Vessels are now required to report their routes and locations via the Australian Ship Reporting System; all lifeboats must also be equipped with radio beacons.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 May 2023
The annual offering aims to raise money for the Coast Guard’s Aids to Navigation mission, a program that involves installing buoys, radio beacons or fog signals that serve as street signs on waterways.
—Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 27 May 2023
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.
—Brie Stimson, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2023
An alert from a radio beacon led rescue crews to a 29-foot inflatable catamaran about 1:30 a.m.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
Most vessels that sail across the ocean have an EPIRB, an emergency position-indicating radio beacon.
—Curbed, 21 June 2023
Titan lacked an emergency radio beacon or a dedicated recovery system.
—Alex Christian, WIRED, 29 June 2023
The submersible used a rudimentary system that basically communicated with the surface ship through text message, and likely lacked an emergency radio beacon that could have floated to the surface and started beeping if there was an emergency.
—oregonlive, 22 June 2023
Vessels are now required to report their routes and locations via the Australian Ship Reporting System; all lifeboats must also be equipped with radio beacons.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 May 2023
The annual offering aims to raise money for the Coast Guard’s Aids to Navigation mission, a program that involves installing buoys, radio beacons or fog signals that serve as street signs on waterways.
—Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 27 May 2023
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