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Radar beacon (short: racon) is – according to article 1.103 of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) ITU Radio Regulations (RR) [ 1 ] – defined as "A transmitter-receiver associated with a fixed navigational mark which, when triggered by a radar, automatically returns a distinctive signal which can appear on the display of the ...
The following list shows specific aeronautical transponder codes, and ranges of codes, that have been used for specific purposes in various countries.Traditionally, each country has allocated transponder codes by their own scheme with little commonality across borders.
Rakon Limited is a technology company founded in 1967 that designs and manufactures frequency control products, primarily quartz crystals and temperature-compensated crystal oscillators (TCXO), [1] oven controlled crystal oscillators (OCXO) and voltage controlled crystal oscillators (VCXO). [2] Its head office is in Auckland, New Zealand with ...
ACP 131. ACP-131[1] is the controlling publication for the listing of Q codes and Z codes. It is published and revised from time to time by the Combined Communications Electronics Board (CCEB) countries: Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United Kingdom, and United States. When the meanings of the codes contained in ACP-131 are translated into ...
The APCO phonetic alphabet, a.k.a. LAPD radio alphabet, is the term for an old competing spelling alphabet to the ICAO radiotelephony alphabet, defined by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International [1] from 1941 to 1974, that is used by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and other local and state law enforcement agencies across the state of California and ...
Flat Jack – rotodome -mounted airborne search radar of the Tupolev Tu-126 Moss. Flat Twin – ABM radar for the uncommissioned S-225 ABM system. Fire Dome – fire control radar of the SA-11 system. Fire Can – gun direction radar used during the Vietnam War. Flap Lid – fire control radar of the SA-10A/B system.
XT. Detached from MW convoys to Tripoli, Libya, or plying the route from Alexandria, Egypt, to Tripoli. Feb 1943 to Jul 1944. For operations in North Africa or for Operation Husky; reverse TX. XTG. Alexandria, Egypt via Tripoli, Libya, to Gibraltar. Jun 1943. Two convoys (XTG.1 and XTG.2); reverse GTX. XW.
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