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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Operates and maintains radiotelegraph and radiotelephone equipment and accessories aboard ship: Turns on power to activate generator, and throws switches to cut in transmitters and antennas. Turns dials to obtain sending frequency and volume. Receives and transmits messages following procedure prescribed by federal regulations. Maintains log of messages transmitted and received. Monitors emergency frequency for ship and distress calls. Performs minor repairs and adjustments on ships' radio equipment and lifeboat radios. Charges batteries. May perform minor repairs to radar, loran, auto-alarm, and gyrocompass systems. May copy broadcast schedules, such as Merfox (U.S. Navy broadcast), Mercast (weather information and navigational hazards), and news (wire-press). Must be licensed by Federal Communications Commission as Radiotelegraph Operator and Radiotelephone Operator, and by U.S. Coast Guard as Radio Officer. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: RADIO OPERATOR |
| Specialty definitions using "RADIO OPERATOR": AIRPLANE-DISPATCH CLERK ♦ CALCINER OPERATOR, CAPTAIN, FISHING VESSEL ♦ DIRECTOR, TECHNICAL ♦ electronic-sound technician, ENGINEER-IN-CHARGE, STUDIO OPERATIONS ♦ facsimile operator, flight-operations-dispatch clerk ♦ PHOTORADIO OPERATOR, process pumper, PUBLIC-ADDRESS SERVICER, public-address-system operator, pump operator, PUMPER HELPER ♦ radio identity code, RADIO OFFICER, radio operator, radio operator, ground, radio watch, radio-photo technician ♦ STILL-PUMP OPERATOR, switching operator ♦ telephoto engineer. (references) |
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 | Radio operator at work at Radio Acoustic Ranging shore station KGHS Radio acoustic ranging operations on the SURVEYOR. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Picking up pilot and radio operator from recon airplane off Oahu Plane ran out of fuel and landed on water searching for Japanese fleet Picked up by EXPLORER 3 days after Pearl Harbor. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Cathy, the radio operator during the summer months, communicating with McMurdo Station. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Noah White, the Antarctic radio operator, takes a well-deserved rest. Homeward bound after 12 months at the South Pole. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | "Master Sergeant Robert I. Ward, non-commissioned officer in charge of the First Marine Aircraft Wing's 'Flying Nightmares' squadron radio operators has recently qualified as the senior Papasan in Korea. He has not only completed his quota of night missions but he is the oldest radio operator in the Marine Corps." Photograph and caption were released by Commander Naval Forces, Far East, under date of 9 October 1952. MSgt. Ward is dressed in rather fancy Korean gentleman's garb. He is posing on the wing of what appears to be a Grumman F7F "Tigercat". Credit: NAVY. |  | Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. A staff sergeant of a bombardment squadron serves as radio operator on a huge YB-17 bomber. He is reporting to his home base at Langley Field, Virginia. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
Expression using "RADIO OPERATOR": flight radio operator. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ham radio operator | 17 |
amateur radio operator | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "RADIO OPERATOR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | radist (radioman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | å ±å‹™å"¡ (telegraph operator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | radiosähköttäjä. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | radio volant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | funker (signaller). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ασυÏματιστήσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fedélzeti rádiókezelõ (flight radio operator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | obbree radio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | adioray operatoray радиÑÑ‚ (radioman, wireless operator). (various references) radiotelegrafista, radiotelefonista. (various references) radiotelegrafist (radiooperator). (various references) radist (r). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-i-o-o-o-p-r-r-r-t" | |
-5 letters: adroiter, droopier, operator, oratorio, parotoid, parroted, parroter, predator, priorate, prorated, radiator, tapadero, teardrop, terraria, toreador, torrider, trapdoor. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 41 44 49 4F 4F 50 45 52 41 54 4F 52 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01000001 01000100 01001001 01001111 00100000 01001111 01010000 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R A D I O   O P E R A T O R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0041 0044 0049 004F 004F 0050 0045 0052 0041 0054 004F 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)523538434924950395235544952 |
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