radio distress signal

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• Distress signal — Call for help redirects here. For the TV show, see Call for Help. A distress signal is an internationally recognized means for obtaining help. Distress signals take the form of or are commonly made by using radio signals, displaying a visually… …   Wikipedia

• distress signal — 1. a signal used, or designed to be used, by persons in peril, for the purpose of summoning aid, indicating their position, etc., as a radio code sign, aerial flare, flag hoist, or the like. Cf. distress call (def. 1). 2. an indication, esp. a… …   Universalium

• Mayday (distress signal) — Mayday is an emergency code word used internationally as a distress signal in voice procedure radio communications. It derives from the French venez m aider , meaning come help me . [ [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=mayday… …   Wikipedia

• distress signal — A signal transmitted by an aircraft in distress. It could be transmitted on radio as Mayday or by light indications …   Aviation dictionary

• distress signal — /dəsˈtrɛs sɪgnəl/ (say duhs tres signuhl) noun a signal by persons in danger summoning aid and indicating their position by rocket, radio code, flag, or any other means …  

• Radio Caroline — is a European radio station that started transmissions on Easter Sunday 1964 from a ship anchored in international waters off the coast of Felixstowe, Suffolk, England. [ [http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/history2.asp Don t Get Mad, Get Even] ] It… …   Wikipedia

• Signal — Signal, signals, signaling, or signalling may refer to: Scientific concepts * Signal (electrical engineering), a physical quantity that can carry information. * Signal processing, the field of techniques used to extract information from signals * …   Wikipedia

• Distress 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… …   Wikipedia

• signal — sig|nal1 W2S3 [ˈsıgnəl] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: signale, from Medieval Latin, from Late Latin signalis of a sign , from Latin signum; SIGN1] 1.) a sound or action that you make in order to give information to someone or tell… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• signal — I n. sign message 1) to flash, give, send a signal 2) a clear, unmistakable signal 3) a smoke signal (Indians used to send up smoke signals) 4) a turn signal (AE; BE has traffic indicator) 5) (AE) a traffic signal 6) a storm signal 7) a signal… …   Combinatory dictionary

• signal — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sign/action/sound that sends a message ADJECTIVE ▪ clear, unmistakable ▪ agreed, prearranged ▪ conflicting, confusing, contradictory …   Collocations dictionary