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  2. Category:Beacon towers - Wikipedia

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    A Beacon tower is an unlighted beacon (navigational aid) which is a major structure, having a support as distinctive as the topmark. On a nautical chart the INT 1 ...

  3. Beacon - Wikipedia

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    A beacon is an intentionally conspicuous device designed to attract attention to a specific ... A CORE Survival HEL-STAR 6 IR strobe mounted atop this marine's helmet ...

  4. Underwater locator beacon - Wikipedia

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    A 4-inch (100 mm) underwater locator beacon, with ballpoint pen for scale A ULB attached to a bracket on a cockpit voice recorder. An underwater locator beacon (ULB), underwater locating device (ULD), or underwater acoustic beacon is a device that emits an acoustic pulse intended to guide searchers equipped with a suitable receiver to the location of the beacon underwater.

  5. Emergency locator beacon - Wikipedia

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    An emergency locator beacon is a radio beacon, a portable battery powered radio transmitter, used to locate airplanes, vessels, and persons in distress and in need of immediate rescue. Various types of emergency locator beacons are carried by aircraft, ships, vehicles, hikers and cross-country skiers.

  6. Bracknell - Wikipedia

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    Bracknell is given the name 'Laxton' in the TV detective series Pie in the Sky and Waterside Park was used for the exterior of the police HQ in the same series. Bracknell has also featured in the 1991 Roger Daltrey film Buddy's Song. The Offence (1972), a psychological thriller with Sean Connery and Ian Bannen, was filmed in Bracknell. There ...

  7. Jealott's Hill - Wikipedia

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    Jealott's Hill is home to Syngenta's largest research and development site which includes a large agricultural research greenhouse at 4,000 square metres (43,000 sq ft) and a 260 ha (640-acre) farm.

  8. Beacon frame - Wikipedia

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    802.11 Beacon frame. A beacon frame is a type of management frame in IEEE 802.11 WLANs. It contains information about the network. Beacon frames are transmitted periodically; they serve to announce the presence of a wireless LAN and to provide a timing signal to synchronise communications with the devices using the network (the members of a service set).

  9. Brecon Beacons - Wikipedia

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    A soldier training in the Brecon Beacons above Llyn y Fan Fawr. The Brecon Beacons are used for training members of the UK armed forces and military reservists. The Army's Infantry Battle School is located at Brecon, [18] and the Special Air Service (SAS) and Special Boat Service use the area to test the fitness of applicants.