Transponder in a sentence

Depending on the type of interrogation, the transponder sends back a transponder code (or "squawk code", Mode A) or altitude information (Mode C) to help air traffic controllers to identify the aircraft and to maintain separation between planes.

In half transponder mode, the frequency deviation of the composite baseband signal is reduced to 18 MHz to allow another signal in the other half of the 36 MHz transponder.

Transponder availability and bandwidth constraints have limited this growth, because transponder capacity is determined by the selected modulation scheme and Forward error correction (FEC) rate.

Back on the surface, while most of the survivors attempt to catch some much-deserved shut-eye, Pike formulates a plan to sneak out and find Scotty's transponder.

He left Moscow on a plane with the transponder turned off.

The E-ZPass transponder was in the same position on the car window as it always has been.

The U.S. has three major toll-collection protocols that include transponder and sticker technologies.

Birds are tagged with "keys"—transponder tags in leg bands that contain individual identification numbers and allow them to open the doors of their assigned feeders to get a food reward.

Drivers would have been charged for going through the zone regardless of whether they had an E-ZPass, but the toll for those without a transponder was much higher than for those with one.

Entering Rocky Mountain National Park will be more convenient for annual and lifetime passholders this year via dedicated drive-through lanes set aside for visitors who purchase windshield transponder passes that are used to open the gate.

The acoustic transmitter, which the aquarium compared to an EZ pass transponder, enables the turtle to be detected from up to 10 yards away by underwater receivers that are in place all along the East Coast.

The Automatic Identification System (AIS) transponder provides maritime patrol and Search and Rescue (SAR) aircraft with the ability to track and identify AIS-equipped vessels over a dedicated very high frequency (VHF) data link.

The cause of its disappearance has not been confirmed with the likelihood that it turned off its transponder.

As the radar beam passes over the aircraft, the transponder is triggered to respond with both the 4-digit code, and also, if Mode ‘Charlie’ is selected, a read-back of the aircraft’s current altitude above mean sea level.

It also noted that the Ukrainian flight had done nothing out of the ordinary up until the missile launch, with its transponder and other data being broadcast.

Or instead of a transponder you buy a city parking sticker for your car window; one-time purchase of the sticker, an e-pay account like I-Pass tollway transponders that you refill from time to time.

The car's transponder communicates with a device attached to the timing truck in line with the orange cones.

They will also be subject to the usual checks like the implantation of a transponder and the anti-rabies vaccination.

It was impounded off the port of Bandar Abbas for allegedly failing to respond to distress calls and turning off its transponder after hitting a fishing boat.

Pay at least $150 during the MDX Fiscal Year (July 1 to June 30) using your mounted SunPass transponder.