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  2. Radar beacon - Wikipedia

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    Radar beacon. Racon signal as seen on a radar screen. This beacon receives using sidelobe suppression and transmits the letter "Q" in Morse code near Boston Harbor (Nahant) 17 January 1985. Radar beacon (short: racon) is – according to article 1.103 of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) ITU Radio Regulations (RR) [1 ...

  3. Coincidence rangefinder - Wikipedia

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    A coincidence rangefinder or coincidence telemeter is a type of rangefinder that uses the principle of triangulation and an optical device to allow an operator to determine the distance to a visible object. There are subtypes split-image telemeter, inverted image, or double-image telemeter with different principles how two images in a single ...

  4. Laser designator - Wikipedia

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    A laser designator is a laser light source which is used to designate a target. Laser designators provide targeting for laser-guided bombs, missiles, or precision artillery munitions, such as the Paveway series of bombs, AGM-114 Hellfire, or the M712 Copperhead round, respectively. When a target is marked by a designator, the beam is invisible ...

  5. List of ISO 3166 country codes - Wikipedia

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    See the ISO 3166-3 standard for former country codes. British Virgin Islands – See Virgin Islands (British) . Burma – See Myanmar . Cape Verde – See Cabo Verde . Caribbean Netherlands – See Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba . China, The Republic of – See Taiwan (Province of China) . Democratic People's Republic of Korea – See Korea ...

  6. Standard Carrier Alpha Code - Wikipedia

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    The Standard Carrier Alpha Code ( SCAC) is a privately controlled US code used to identify vessel operating common carriers (VOCC). It is typically two to four letters long. The National Motor Freight Traffic Association developed the SCAC code in the 1960s to help road transport companies computerize data and records. [1]

  7. List of transponder codes - Wikipedia

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    0041–0057. Belgium. Assigned for VFR traffic under Flight Information Services (BXL FIC). [citation needed] 0100. Australia. Flights operating at aerodromes (in lieu of codes 1200, 2000 or 3000 when assigned by ATC or noted in the Enroute Supplement). [6] 0100–0400.

  8. List of dialling codes in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    List of dialling codes [ edit] Short codes. 02x yyyy yyyy [eight-digit local number] 011x yyy yyyy [seven-digit local number] 01x1 yyy yyyy [seven-digit local number] 020 to 029. 0113 to 0119. 0121 to 0191. 020.

  9. Rangefinder - Wikipedia

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    A rangefinder (also rangefinding telemeter, depending on the context) is a device used to measure distances to remote objects. Originally optical devices used in surveying, they soon found applications in other fields, such as photography, the military, and space travel. They were especially useful for finding the range of a target, such as in ...

  10. List of country calling codes - Wikipedia

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    357 – Cyprus (including Akrotiri and Dhekelia) 358 – Finland. 358 (18) – Åland. 359 – Bulgaria. 36 – Hungary (formerly assigned to Turkey, now at 90) 37 – formerly assigned to East Germany until its reunification with West Germany, now part of 49 Germany.

  11. Lidar - Wikipedia

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    Lidar ( / ˈlaɪdɑːr /, also LIDAR, LiDAR or LADAR, an acronym of "light detection and ranging" [1] or "laser imaging, detection, and ranging" [2]) is a method for determining ranges by targeting an object or a surface with a laser and measuring the time for the reflected light to return to the receiver.