radiotelephone distress frequency

radiotelephone distress frequency: An international distress and calling frequency for mobile radiotelephone stations, survival craft, and emergency position-indicating radio beacons. Note: An example of a radiotelephone distress frequency is 2180 kHz. [From Weik '89]

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