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Record 1 2012-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Air Navigation Aids
  • Marine and River Navigation Aids
DEF

A long-range radio aid to navigation, the emissions of which, by means of their radio frequency modulation characteristics, enable bearings to be determined.

CONT

A Consol beacon broadcasts on a medium frequency a pattern of dots and dashes, and by listening to this pattern on an ordinary ship or aircraft wireless receiver a navigator can determine his bearing from the beacon with a much greater accuracy than is possible with a D/F [direction finder] loop. The accuracy of the bearings obtained depends on the bearing of the observer from the beacon; it is greatest along a line called the normal of the beacon and decreases until it is zero along a line at right angles to the normal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Aides à la navigation aérienne
  • Aides à la navigation fluviale et maritime
CONT

Le «Consol» est un radiophare tournant et à grande précision fonctionnant en basses et moyennes fréquences et dont les indications peuvent être reçues sur un récepteur ordinaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
  • Ayuda para la navegación aérea
  • Ayuda a la navegación marítima y fluvial
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