Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

position indicating radio beacon

German translation:

Funkorter

Added to glossary by Brandis (X)
Mar 7, 2006 14:54
18 yrs ago
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English term

position indicating radio beacon

English to German Tech/Engineering Ships, Sailing, Maritime all related to commercial ship building industry
position indicating radio beacon - that is all there is, my possible solution is " Standort angebendes Radiosignal, I am trying to get a one word or max two worded construction.
Proposed translations (German)
4 +1 Funkorter
3 +1 Positonsangabe Notsender (PIRB)

Proposed translations

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Funkorter

This would be the shortest you could get, I fancy...

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Note added at 8 mins (2006-03-07 15:02:25 GMT)
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Maybe that's too colloquial, so perhaps "Funkortungsgerät"?
Note from asker:
This means only the radio network. It seems modern units indicate the location along with the frequency. May be a two worded usage is better.
Peer comment(s):

agree Harry Borsje : or Funkfeuer http://www.flybernhard.de/navinfo.htm
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you very much. That was really helpful. Actually I was having trouble with the string length."
+1
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Positonsangabe Notsender (PIRB)

Hiermit ist ein Notsender gemeint, der die Möglichkeit einer Positionsübertragung bietet
-EPIRB= Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
Zusatzinfo:
(The beacons transmit in fast morse code 22 words per second)
übertragen auf 406 bis 406.025 Mhz
Peer comment(s):

agree Trans-Marie : Ja, oder auch (Seenot-)funkbake. Hier Fotos:http://www.nauticexpo.de/ EPIRP= Seenotfunkbake, Funkbake, siehe hier: http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:5g1yu8afpv0J:edu.kde.or... funkbarke schiffahrt&hl=de&gl=de&ct=clnk&cd=1
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