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  2. Emergency locator beacon - Wikipedia

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    Emergency locator beacon. An emergency locator beacon is a radio beacon, a portable battery powered radio transmitter, used to locate airplanes, vessels, and persons in distress and in need of immediate rescue. Various types of emergency locator beacons are carried by aircraft, ships, vehicles, hikers and cross-country skiers.

  3. List of California area codes - Wikipedia

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    The state of California was divided into three numbering plan areas (NPAs) with distinct area codes: 213, 415, and 916, for the southern, central, and northern parts of the state, respectively. [1] As of July 2023, California has 38 active area codes. Stockton, Modesto, Merced, Turlock; the northern San Joaquin Valley and the central Sierra ...

  4. Mission Bay, San Francisco - Wikipedia

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    94158, 94107. Area codes. 415/628. Mission Bay is a 303-acre (123 ha) neighborhood on the east side of San Francisco, California. It is bordered by China Basin to the north, Dogpatch to the south, and San Francisco Bay to the east. Originally an industrial district, it underwent development fueled by the construction of the UCSF Mission Bay ...

  5. Aerodrome beacon - Wikipedia

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    An aerodrome beacon, airport beacon, rotating beacon or aeronautical beacon is a beacon installed at an airport or aerodrome to indicate its location to aircraft pilots at night. An aerodrome beacon is mounted on top of a towering structure, often a control tower, above other buildings of the airport. It produces flashes similar to that of a ...

  6. iBeacon - Wikipedia

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    iBeacon is a protocol developed by Apple and introduced at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in 2013. [1] Various vendors have since made iBeacon-compatible hardware transmitters – typically called beacons – a class of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices that broadcast their identifier to nearby portable electronic devices.

  7. Leucadia State Beach - Wikipedia

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    Leucadia State Beach, also known as Beacon's Beach, is a public beach in the city of Encinitas, California, United States. It is operated as Beacon’s Beach by the city under a 20-year agreement with the California Department of Parks and Recreation. [1] [2] Established in 1949, [3] the 10.6-acre (4.3 ha) site is a popular spot for swimming ...

  8. Laguna Beach, California - Wikipedia

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    Laguna Beach ( / ləˈɡuːnə /; Laguna, Spanish for "Lagoon") is a city in Orange County, California, United States. Located in Southern California along the Pacific Ocean, this seaside resort city has a mild year-round climate, scenic coves, and environmental preservation efforts. The population in the 2020 census was 23,032.

  9. Leucadia, Encinitas, California - Wikipedia

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    UTC-7 ( PDT) ZIP code. 92024. Area codes. 442/760. Leucadia is a beach community located in the coastal city of Encinitas, California. Leucadia is known for the relatively secluded beaches in Southern California surf culture. [1] [2]