How to Use transceiver in a Sentence

transceiver

noun
  • The missing man did not have an avalanche transceiver, the avalanche center said.
    Dennis Romero, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2023
  • Perkins had an avalanche transceiver in her backpack, but it was turned off, Chabot said.
    CBS News, 12 Oct. 2017
  • The man’s partner used a transceiver and a probe pole to locate and remove him from the snow, but he could not be saved.
    Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 27 Dec. 2021
  • And a working transceiver is a vital piece of the avalanche life-saving kit along with a probe and shovel.
    Amelia Arvesen, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The phone came in a zippered bag, its handset connected to a transceiver by a coiled cord.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2019
  • Wearing a transceiver in avalanche country just makes sense.
    Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 10 Jan. 2020
  • The victim's partner found him with a transceiver and probe pole and took him out of the snow, the information center said.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 25 Dec. 2021
  • Meanwhile the hills are thick with lonely gearheads, good with knots and maps and transceivers, not so good with love-notes and emoting.
    Sundog, Outside Online, 1 Mar. 2023
  • So everybody in the group needs to have rescue equipment: that's an avalanche transceiver, a shovel and a pro pole.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 27 Dec. 2022
  • There were still fishing lures and nets inside the boat, as well as a life jacket, a radio transceiver and a single shoe resting on the bow.
    Ivan Watson, Yoko Wakatsuki and Junko Ogura, CNN, 23 Dec. 2017
  • There was a tone that got transmitted to radio transceivers and to radio stations.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Their work is done in a building whose roof is filled with huge satellite dishes and a golf ball-like polar satellite transceiver.
    Meg Jones, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2017
  • As a transceiver, the MB20 can function as either a Bluetooth receiver or a transmitter (but not both at the same time).
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 20 May 2021
  • The transceivers then send power back along the same pathways, bouncing off of floors, ceilings, and walls if necessary (no line of sight required).
    David Pogue, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2017
  • For at least two years, the NASA engineers and scientists plan to continue testing the transceiver.
    Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
  • An avalanche transceiver, shovel, and probe — tools for rescuing someone buried under snow — are de rigueur.
    Kelley McMillan Manley, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2016
  • Of course, Apple sold its own version of transceiver as did many other companies.
    Chris Wilkinson, Ars Technica, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Laser transceivers on spacecraft can be smaller than their radio counterparts, which means less mass, less fuel, and less cost to launch them.
    IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The avalanche center said the 58-year-old was located with the help of his transceiver, designed to transmit the location of lost or buried mountain visitors.
    Dennis Romero, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2023
  • The two big ones are a transceiver which, as its portmanteau-ness suggests, can both transmit and receive radio signals.
    Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 24 July 2023
  • All members of the group should be equipped with avalanche safety gear, including an avalanche transceiver, probe pole and shovel, and be trained to effectively use them.
    Miles Blumhardt, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The transceiver is a 4.4 millimeter square, silicon chip.
    Lilly Nguyen, Daily Pilot, 26 July 2019
  • The computer can switch between the two autopilots as needed, as well as interface with a radio transceiver and GPS.
    IEEE Spectrum, 10 July 2023
  • Their work is done in a building near Camp Randall Stadium whose roof is filled with huge satellite dishes and a golf ball-like polar satellite transceiver.
    Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2017
  • The product range will consist of both new lights as well as transceivers that can be retrofitted into existing lighting.
    Jon Porter, The Verge, 20 June 2019
  • The audio brand that’s beloved for its trademark blue power meters and slightly spooky green logo has announced a brand-new Bluetooth transceiver just in time for Father’s Day.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 20 May 2021
  • After selecting 169 individuals of different ages, the team taped or glued transceivers, each weighing just two ounces, to the birds’ backs and bid them adieu.
    Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2020
  • Laser terminals are also still much pricier than radio transceivers.
    IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The components have to be hermetically sealed to withstand the body’s moisture, and a transceiver — implanted in the chest to ferry data from brain to computer — is designed not to overheat.
    Daniel Gilbert, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Always check your batteries and do a transceiver test to make sure each transceiver in the group is communicating with the others before heading out, and stay on top of practice searches at beacon parks.
    Maggie Slepian, Popular Mechanics, 13 Dec. 2022

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