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An avalanche transceiver or avalanche beacon is a type of emergency locator beacon, a radio transceiver (a transmitter and receiver in one unit) operating at 457 kHz for the purpose of finding people buried under snow. They are widely carried by skiers, particularly back country skiers for use in case a skier is buried by an avalanche.
[11] [12] On July 1, 2011, the Mammut Sports Group took over the company Snowpulse, a manufacturer of avalanche airbags. [13] A report in the Handelszeitung ranked the company among the "Hidden champions" in 2008. [14] The central distribution warehouse of the Mammut Sports Group was located in Memmingen until the end of 2012. The distribution ...
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.
Avalanche Transceivers — known as beacons, "beepers", peeps (pieps), ARVAs (Appareil de Recherche de Victimes en Avalanche, in French), LVS (Lawinen-Verschütteten-Suchgerät, Swiss German), or various other trade names, are important for every member of the party. They emit a "beep" via 457 kHz radio signal in normal use, but may be switched ...
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Naval Radio Transmitter Facility Aguada is a tall guyed radio mast erected by the United States Navy. It is used as a facility of the US Navy for ashore and U.S. and NATO ships, planes, and submarines operating at sea in areas of broadcast coverage near Aguada, Puerto Rico at 18°23′55″N 67°10′38″W / 18.39861°N 67.17722°W ...
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R1155 Receiver on top of a T1154 Transmitter. The wireless operator on an Avro Lancaster speaking to the pilot from his position in front of the Marconi T1154/R1155 transmitter/receiver set, circa 1943 Inspection of an R1155. The R1155 was a British communications receiver, commonly used in aircraft along with its associated T1154 transmitter