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  2. WINK-TV - Wikipedia

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    WINK-TV (channel 11) is a television station licensed to Fort Myers, Florida, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for Southwest Florida. It is owned by the McBride family and their Fort Myers Broadcasting Company, making it one of a handful of TV stations today to have locally-based ownership.

  3. History of radar - Wikipedia

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    The history of radar (where radar stands for radio detection and ranging) started with experiments by Heinrich Hertz in the late 19th century that showed that radio waves were reflected by metallic objects. This possibility was suggested in James Clerk Maxwell 's seminal work on electromagnetism.

  4. WINK-FM - Wikipedia

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    WINK-FM. /  26.8002778°N 81.7633333°W  / 26.8002778; -81.7633333. WINK-FM (96.9 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. The station airs an adult contemporary radio format. It is owned by the Fort Myers Broadcasting Company, locally controlled by the McBride Family, which also owns CBS Network affiliate ...

  5. Radar - Wikipedia

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    Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance ( ranging ), direction ( azimuth and elevation angles ), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site. It is a radiodetermination method [1] used to detect and track aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, map weather formations, and terrain.

  6. North Warning System - Wikipedia

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    North Warning System. The North Warning System (NWS, French: Système d'alerte du nord) is a joint United States and Canadian early-warning radar system for the atmospheric air defense of North America. It provides surveillance of airspace from potential incursions or attacks from across North America's polar region.

  7. Weather radar - Wikipedia

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    Weather radar in Norman, Oklahoma with rainshaft Weather (WF44) radar dish University of Oklahoma OU-PRIME C-band, polarimetric, weather radar during construction. Weather radar, also called weather surveillance radar (WSR) and Doppler weather radar, is a type of radar used to locate precipitation, calculate its motion, and estimate its type (rain, snow, hail etc.).

  8. Philadelphia weather radar: More storms on the way Thursday ...

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    PHILADELPHIA - Another round of storms will roll across parts of the Delaware Valley on Thursday and bring a cold front that will lessen the mugginess ahead of a sunny weekend.. Leftover remnants ...

  9. Doppler radar - Wikipedia

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    Doppler effect. The emitted signal toward the car is reflected back with a variation of frequency that depends on the speed away/toward the radar (160 km/h). This is only a component of the real speed (170 km/h). The Doppler effect (or Doppler shift), named after Austrian physicist Christian Doppler who proposed it in 1842, is the difference ...