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radio antenna

[′rād·ē·ō an′ten·ə]
(electromagnetism)
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Tag--consists of a microchip and a radio antenna. The chip in the tag contains information about the item that it is either attached to or embedded in.
The EZ system is made up of two primary components: an RF or IR keypad controller (transmitter); and a receiver/decoder, equipped either with radio antenna or infrared sensors.
Using a radio antenna not much larger than a refrigerator, astronomers have detected for the first time a signal from stars emerging in the early universe.
"Magellan's scientific potential hinges on its ability to resolve surface features as small as 120 meters across--about 10 times better than that achieved in previous radar studies by the Soviet Union's Venera orbiters and by the huge Arecibo radio antenna in Puerto Rico.
After warming up its key navigation instruments, coming out of a stabilising spin, and aiming its main radio antenna at Earth, Rosetta sent a signal to let mission operators know it had survived the most distant part of its journey.
An innovative and functional new product targeted at pickup truck owners everywhere, the Alshalabi Antenna Holder features a unique design that enables its users to quickly and easily install a CB radio antenna on their vehicles.
It incorporates a few value added features like: embedded FM radio antenna, torchlight and a 1.3 megapixel camera.
"And a new small radio antenna is also being installed on the top of the mast.
"My fingers were hurting and my arm was bruised where he grabbed me." The other man allegedly hit one of the women with a CB radio antenna he had broken off the car roof.
A polyethylene cap is threaded onto the distal end of the stem to protect the hermetically sealed radio antenna. A remote powering coil is attached to the patient away from the knee.
Mechanics, when MWO 1-1520-237-50-76 installed the AN/ARC-220 high frequency radio antenna, it told you that the mast compression sleeves and coupling nuts needed only a snug tightening with an adjustable wrench, NSN 5120-00-264-3796, or equivalent.

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