A distress signal, also known as a distress call, is an internationally recognized means for obtaining help. Distress signals are communicated by transmitting...
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A distress hand signal is a hand signal to indicate distress and need of rescue. At sea, the oldest hand signal to indicate distress is to flap the arms...
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Flare (redirect from Distress rocket)
bright light or intense heat without an explosion. Flares are used for distress signaling, illumination, or defensive countermeasures in civilian and military...
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SOS (redirect from SOS signal)
code Problems playing this file? See media help. SOS is a Morse code distress signal ( ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ), used internationally, originally established...
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Mayday (redirect from Mayday (distress signal))
procedure word used internationally as a distress signal in voice-procedure radio communications. It is used to signal a life-threatening emergency primarily...
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a novel by Greg Egan Distress (1946 film), a 1946 French film Distress (1929 film), a 1929 French silent film Distress signal, a recognized means for...
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Flare gun (redirect from Distress flare)
or signal pistol, is a large-bore handgun that discharges flares, blanks and smoke. The flare gun is typically used to produce a distress signal. The...
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distress signal is a distress signal in the case of mountain emergency, an emergency in alpine areas. It involves repeating a sound or other signal six...
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CQD (section History of wireless distress rescues)
code as ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ) is one of the first distress signals adopted for radio use. On 7 January 1904 the Marconi International...
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Pan-pan (redirect from PAN distress call)
referred to as a state of "urgency". This is distinct from a mayday call (distress signal), which means that there is imminent danger to life or to the continued...
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The Bat-Signal is a distress signal device appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, as a means to summon the superhero, Batman. It is...
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Digital selective calling (section Distress)
Maritime Distress Safety System (GMDSS). DSC was developed to replace a voice call in older procedures. Because a DSC signal uses a stable signal with a...
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PASS device (redirect from Distress signal unit)
(personal alert safety system), also known as a distress signal unit (DSU) or ADSU (automatic distress signal unit), is a personal safety device used primarily...
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Emergency position-indicating radiobeacon (redirect from Distress radio beacon)
continuous 406 MHz distress radio signal, which is used by search-and-rescue teams to quickly locate the emergency and render aid. The signal is detected by...
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and "yes") is used as a distress signal. Also signallable on a ship's whistle using Morse code. See International Code of Signals. Historically, in a CAM...
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only monitors distress signals from emergency position indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs) that broadcast using digital 406 MHz signals. Digital 406 MHz...
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felon Distress signal, a message from a person or a craft such as a ship or airliner to inform others it is in difficulty Mayday (distress signal) SOS...
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and signal processors capable of locating an emergency beacon anywhere on Earth transmitting on the Cospas-Sarsat frequency of 406 MHz. Distress alerts...
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passengers out of the lifeboat and into the sea. Distress signal Simulated Titanic distress signal, in Morse code: "SOS SOS CQD CQD – MGY WE ARE SINKING...
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A duress code is a covert distress signal used by an individual who is being coerced by one or more hostile persons. It is used to warn others that they...
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absolutely certain it was a distress signal from the Titanic. Cottam said that he had indeed received a distress signal from the Titanic, which required...
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A thumb signal, usually described as a thumbs-up or thumbs-down, is a common hand gesture achieved by a closed fist held with the thumb extended upward...
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and Yes) is used as a distress signal. Also signallable on a ship's whistle using Morse code. See International Code of Signals. The Z flag was also famously...
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to receive this wave length, for the purpose of determining if any distress signals or messages are being sent and to determine if the transmitting operations...
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Aircraft emergency frequency (redirect from International Air Distress)
2009. Air-ground radiotelephone service Airband Distress signal Mayday Transponder (aeronautics) "Distress/Emergency Frequencies". skybrary.aero. Retrieved...
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talk to Optimus Prime and Jazz who had just come from receiving a distress signal from his prison. In the 2024 animated film, Transformers One, Sentinel...
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Radio beacon (section Distress radio beacons)
of distress radio beacons: EPIRBs (emergency position-indicating radio beacons) signal maritime distress ELTs (emergency locator transmitters) signal aircraft...
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have proven unsuccessful. The 1940 version of the story told of a distress signal being sent out in an area south of the Solomon Islands. The first received...
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planned flag salute: At a signal from the Principal the pupils, in ordered ranks, hands to the side, face the Flag. Another signal is given; every pupil gives...
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