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Pan-pan. The radiotelephony message PAN-PAN is the international standard urgency signal that someone aboard a boat, ship, aircraft, or other vehicle uses to declare that they need help and that the situation is urgent, [ 1][ 2][ 3] but for the time being, does not pose an immediate danger to anyone's life or to the vessel itself. [ 4]
Radar beacon (short: racon) is – according to article 1.103 of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) ITU Radio Regulations (RR) [ 1] – defined as "A transmitter-receiver associated with a fixed navigational mark which, when triggered by a radar, automatically returns a distinctive signal which can appear on the display of the ...
Panning is the distribution of an audio signal (either monaural or stereophonic pairs) into a new stereo or multi-channel sound field determined by a pan control setting. A typical physical recording console has a pan control for each incoming source channel. A pan control or pan pot (short for "panning potentiometer") is an analog control with ...
The fact of the matter is that human psychology is with us everywhere we go: especially when it's fantasy draft season. On today's episode, Matt Harmon welcomes professor of brain and cognitive ...
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Stephen Nedoroscik - AKA the pommel horse hero - revealed what exactly went through his mind while his eyes were closed during the men's all-around final
DEFCON. The defense readiness condition ( DEFCON) is an alert state used by the United States Armed Forces. [ 1][ 2] For security reasons, the US military does not announce a DEFCON level to the public. [ 1] The DEFCON system was developed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and unified and specified combatant commands. [ 3]
Raygun Releases Statement on Olympics AllegationsElsa - Getty Images. Raygun, the viral Australian Olympics breakdancer, has issued a statement amid a petition accusing her of “unethical conduct ...