Wash. Admin. Code § 352-66-180 - Racons
(1) Aids to navigation may be enhanced by the
use of radar beacons (racons). Racons, when triggered by a radar signal, will
transmit a coded reply to the interrogating radar. This reply serves to
identify the aid station by exhibiting a series of dots and dashes which appear
on the radar display in a line emanating radially from just beyond the echo of
the aid station. Although racons may be used on both laterally significant and
nonlaterally significant aids alike, the racon signal itself is for
identification purposes only, and therefore carries no lateral
significance.
(2) Racons are also
used as bridge marks to mark the best point of passage.
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