very high frequency
noun
: a radio frequency between ultrahigh frequency and high frequency see Radio Frequencies Table
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Researchers place collars with very high frequency (VHF) radio and GPS on wolves in the area, to track and study the animals, according to Yellowstone.org.
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Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
The Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region received the distress signal via a very high frequency broadcast Saturday morning that a 37-foot boat was taking on water with two people on board, just four nautical miles from Point Lookout.
—Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2025
At their peak, in 2000, there were more than a thousand very high frequency (VHF) navigation stations in the United States.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2021
Military aircraft often utilize ultra-high frequency (UHF) radios while civilian aircraft utilize very high frequency (VHF).
—Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Feb. 2025
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City vibrates at a very high frequency.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
Further investigation identified all six as part of an entirely new class of quakes known as VF (very high frequency) events.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 16 July 2024
This means the sim needs to vibrate at very high frequencies with that ultra-low friction and no recoil to be a realistic as possible.
—Jeremy White, WIRED, 9 May 2024
Aeroplane sims don’t require very high frequency inputs (unless the flight is going very wrong indeed), but cars encounter speed bumps, rumble strips, sawtooth kerbs, cat’s eyes, and so on.
—Jeremy White, WIRED, 9 May 2024
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Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
The Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region received the distress signal via a very high frequency broadcast Saturday morning that a 37-foot boat was taking on water with two people on board, just four nautical miles from Point Lookout.
—Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2025
At their peak, in 2000, there were more than a thousand very high frequency (VHF) navigation stations in the United States.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2021
Military aircraft often utilize ultra-high frequency (UHF) radios while civilian aircraft utilize very high frequency (VHF).
—Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Feb. 2025
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City vibrates at a very high frequency.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
Further investigation identified all six as part of an entirely new class of quakes known as VF (very high frequency) events.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 16 July 2024
This means the sim needs to vibrate at very high frequencies with that ultra-low friction and no recoil to be a realistic as possible.
—Jeremy White, WIRED, 9 May 2024
Aeroplane sims don’t require very high frequency inputs (unless the flight is going very wrong indeed), but cars encounter speed bumps, rumble strips, sawtooth kerbs, cat’s eyes, and so on.
—Jeremy White, WIRED, 9 May 2024
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