homing signal

  • 1Homing — is the process of determining the location of the source of a transmission. A beacon that transmits a signal for the purpose of being homed is called a homing beacon or, simply, a homer. See also distress radiobeacon.More specifically, it may… …

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  • 2Homing pigeon — White Homing pigeon The homing pigeon is a variety of domestic pigeon derived from the Rock Pigeon (Columba livia domestica) selectively bred to find its way home over extremely long distances.[1] The wild rock pigeon has an innate homing ability …

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  • 3homing — [[t]ho͟ʊmɪŋ[/t]] 1) ADJ: ADJ n A weapon or piece of equipment that has a homing system is able to guide itself to a target or to give out a signal that guides people to it. ...infra red homing missiles... All the royal cars are fitted with… …

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  • 4Semi-active radar homing — Semi active radar homing, or SARH, is a common type of missile guidance system, perhaps the most common type for longer range air to air and surface to air missile systems. The name refers to the fact that the missile itself is only a passive… …

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  • 5Infrared homing — refers to a passive missile guidance system which uses the emission from a target of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared part of the spectrum to track it. Missiles which use infrared seeking are often referred to as heat seekers , since… …

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  • 6active homing guidance — A system of homing guidance where both the source for illuminating the target and the receivers are carried within the missile. The missile transmits a signal, which bounces back from the target and is received by the missile. The missile then… …

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  • 7Distress radiobeacon — PLB redirects here. For other uses, see PLB (disambiguation). Emergency position indicating radio beacons or EPIRBs Distress radio beacons, also known as emergency beacons, ELT or EPIRB, are tracking transmitters which aid in the detection and… …

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  • 8Radio silence — For the album by Boris Grebenshchikov, see Radio Silence. : For the song by Thomas Dolby, see The Golden Age of Wireless. In telecommunications, radio silence is a status in which all fixed or mobile radio stations in an area stop transmitting.… …

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  • 9The Return of Godzilla — Infobox Film name =The Return of Godzilla caption = director =Koji Hashimoto producer =Tomoyuki Tanaka writer =Shuichi Nagahara starring =Kenpachiro Satsuma Ken Tanaka Yasuko Sawaguchi Yosuke Natsuki Keiju Kobayashi Shin Takuma Raymond Burr (USA) …

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  • 10Crimson Skies — logo. Crimson Skies is a media franchise and fictional universe created by Jordan Weisman and Dave McCoy. The series intellectual property is currently owned by Microsoft Game Studios (MGS), although Weisman s new company, Smith Tinker Inc., has… …

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