ELT
emergency locator transmitter. the elt is a small radio transmitter that is installed in an aircraft and is designed to being transmitting upon impact (the crash) or it can be manually switched on. the elt transmits a distincive signal on the international emergency frequencies of 121.5 mhz (vhf) and 243.0 mhz (uhf). this signal is picked up by ground stations, search and resuce aircraft (see civil air patrol and coast guard, and satelites. direction-finding equipment is then used to “home-in” on the signal and locate the downed aircraft.
click on the recording above to listen to the sound of real elt radio signal.
emergency locator transmitter
the elt transmitts signals on the vhf frequency of 121.5 mhz and theuhf frequency of 243.0 mhz
“hang on” in hawiian
would you elt a second
Read Also:
- Loser much
as in someone who is a loser. almost comparable to saying epic fail… but refereeing to a person not to an action. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ it is almost as if you are asking the world to agree on you with the statement that this person is a loser loser much? “hey john, way to fall on your […]
- lostmissing
a friend you think will always be there and then the loss of that relationship. lostmissing is a public expression of grief in order to feel hopeful again — it’s about that random poster you see and you don’t know what it means but your eyes get bright all the sudden. the lostmissing art project […]
- Lotionized
someone or something that is covered in lotion and completely moisturized. “no mom i can’t answer the door, i just lotionized my hands.”
- Latka
a lazy jew. instead of going outside and making money and doing other cheap jew-like things the jew stays at home and proceeds to spin his/her dreidel. you f-cking latka, go outside and make some money with your ninja jew powers.
- mysterydouchebags.com
multi-cultural website devoted to making fun of webmasters and blogs that serve little to no purpose, dedicated to wiping out ‘geekdom’, and ultimately striving to make the world a cooler, much more cynical place to live. often mistaken it’s often edgy racist humor, mysterydouchebags.com lives on to prove to the world that the internet is […]