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call sign n (Communication Arts / Broadcasting) a group of letters and numbers identifying a radio transmitting station, esp an amateur radio station Compare call letters Any combination of characters or pronounceable words, which identifies a communication facility, a command, an authority, an activity, or a unit; used primarily for establishing and maintaining communications. Also called CS. See also collective call sign; indefinite call sign; international call sign; net call sign; tactical call sign; visual call sign; voice call sign. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| One by one, as each unit's call sign was called, the motorcycle deputy's co-workers paid their respects in a sort of electronic memorial book that has become a department tradition. For the first time, a forward ground controller, with the call sign of "Antidote," located on the ground near Baghdad, was invited "into" the cockpit of the aircraft via the Remotely Operated Video Enhanced Receiver (ROVER) system. It operates on dedicated VHF channels 87B and 88B and when interfaced with a GPS/chartplotter and/or radar screen, it will pick up AIS information signals from other AIS-equipped vessels within VHF range, place symbols for those vessels on the screen and tell the skipper things such as the other vessel's name, call sign, heading, speed, and an MMSI radio ID number which can be used to directly call the vessel. |
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