radio beacon
Example Sentences
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At about 12:48 p.m. the First Coast Guard District command center received an alert from an emergency radio beacon registered to the 55-foot commercial fishing vessel Miss Kara.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 2023
“We also want to highlight the importance of proper safety equipment … Having an emergency position indicating radio beacon, or ‘EPIRB,’ allows mariners to immediately make contact with first responders in an emergency,” he said.
From Washington Times • Dec. 14, 2022
A brief radio beacon can be very bright, and the briefer it is, the less it costs.
From Slate • Dec. 9, 2015
The sailboat’s position had been relayed to authorities by an emergency radio beacon.
From Scientific American • Apr. 5, 2012
“I was considering the wisdom of trying to ask aid from your world, as mine seems unhelpful. There’s a radio beacon in Turuf.”
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
