marker beacon transmitter

  • 1marker beacon — The beacons serve to identify a particular location in space along an airway or an approach to an instrument runway. This is done by means of a 75 MHz transmitter, which transmits a directional signal to aircraft flying overhead. These markers… …

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  • 2radio-marker beacon — The beacons that serve to identify a particular location in space along an airway or approach to an instrument runway. This is done by means of a 75 MHz transmitter, which transmits a directional signal to be received by aircraft flying overhead …

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  • 3Z-marker beacon — Transmitter equipment installed as part of a four course radio range. It radiates vertically to indicate to aircraft when they pass directly over the range station; it is usually not keyed for identification. Range stations and Z markers are… …

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  • 4beacon — Synonyms and related words: AM transmitter, FM transmitter, Klaxon, Mayday, RT transmitter, Roman candle, SOS, Texas tower, Very flare, aid to navigation, air raid alarm, airport beacon, airway beacon, alarm, alarm bell, alarm clock, alarm signal …

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  • 5transmitter — Synonyms and related words: AM transmitter, FM transmitter, RT transmitter, TelAutography, Teletype, Teletype network, Teletyping, amateur transmitter, beacon, call box, closed circuit telegraphy, code, coin telephone, desk telephone, dial… …

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  • 6Non-directional beacon — Radio Tower of NKR Leimen Ochsenbach, Germany This symbol denotes an NDB on an aeronaut …

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  • 7Electric beacon — Electric beacons are a kind of beacon used with direction finding equipment to find ones relative bearing to a known location (the beacon).The term electric beacon includes radio, infrared and sonar beacons. Radio beacons A radio beacon is a… …

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  • 8fan marker — A highly directional radio signal transmitted vertically upward from a transmitter located along a navigational radio range, as in an instrument landing system (ILS). The output of a fan marker is heard only when the aircraft is directly above… …

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  • 9Letter beacon — Signal of letter beacon D on 5137.5 kHz Letter beacons are radio transmissions of uncertain origin, which consist of only a single repeating Morse Code letter. They are also often referred to as: SLB, or Single Letter Beacons SLHFB, or… …

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  • 10radio transmitter — Synonyms and related words: AM transmitter, FM transmitter, RT transmitter, amateur transmitter, beacon, coaxial cable, fan marker, frequency converter, frequency doubler, frequency meter, microphone, mixer, modulator, monitor, oscillator, power… …

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