radar contact

collocation in English

meaningsofradarandcontact

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radar
noun[U]
uk
/ˈreɪ.dɑːr/us
/ˈreɪ.dɑːr/
a system that uses radio waves to find the position of objects that cannot ...
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contact
noun
uk
/ˈkɒn.tækt/us
/ˈkɑːn.tækt/
communication with someone, especially by speaking or writing to ...
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(Definition ofradarandcontactfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Surely it is good practice, and worth encouraging, that masters of ships carrying potentially dangerous cargo should maintain radio orradarcontactwith a coastal station.
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That evening, she surfaced once again and soon maderadarcontactwith a good-sized target.
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The ship maderadarcontacton the surface, and a short while later her fire control party reported a dark object in the water.
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Three days later, the submarine maderadarcontactwith two targets.
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One of the aircraft reported aradarcontacton a submarine on the surface.
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The destroyer escort closed the range until she lostradarcontactat 0045 and switched immediately to her sonar.
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At 2800 yd (2500 m)radarcontactwas lost, but sonar picked up the enemy sub at about the same time.
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Early that evening, they maderadarcontacton steaming on the surface.
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While patrolling on the surface on the following morning, she maderadarcontactwith a possible target at 2000 yd.
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Early in the morning of the 23rd,radarcontactwas made.
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At 2130, she maderadarcontact; and, through the night, drew closer to her as yet unseen quarry.
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On the 25th, she maderadarcontacton a small convoy and fired three torpedoes at the largest ship.
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The controller lostradarcontactwith the flight while it was in the right turn passing through an estimated heading of 240-260 degrees.
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They soon maderadarcontact, and both ships began firing at 12,000 yards (11 km) but observed no hits.
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At 07:10, she maderadarcontactwith an enemy convoy-four merchantmen and three escorts.
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After 00:30radarcontactbecame much more sporadic and the final confirmed lock took place at 00:40.
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Once fed into the stream, fighters maderadarcontactwith a succession of individual bombers and maintained contact (and combat) as far as their ammunition and fuel held out.
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The objects could not be seen with the naked eye, neither the crew on board nor ground personnel confirmed anyradarcontactwith the objects in question.
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There were no corresponding unexplained radar contacts.
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The ships did not experience good hunting but investigated numerous sonar and radar contacts with negative results.
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