radioing
Sending wireless signals
Radioing is communicating by radio—transmitting a message via radio waves: The pilot was radioing for help.
The word appears most often in contexts involving ships, aircraft, or emergency services, where radio remains the primary means of remote communication.
Tall slender edifice
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
- ATCAviation traffic service
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
clearance · transponder · squawk · altitude · heading · runway · approach · copilot
Radio emergency signal
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
- SOSMorse distress code
- rescueSave from harm
- dispatchSend with speed
search-and-rescue · evacuation · backup · responder · 911 · alert · coordinates · position
Rate of recurrence
- antennaBroadcast signal receiver
- transmitterSignal-emitting device
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
- signalMessage-conveying cue
waves · static · interference · bandwidth · modulation · tuning · shortwave · ham
tower
Tall slender edifice
flight · clearance · transponder · squawk · altitude · heading · runway · approach · copilot · mayday
mayday
Radio emergency signal
dispatch · search-and-rescue · evacuation · backup · responder · 911 · alert · coordinates · position · location
frequency
Rate of recurrence
- antennaBroadcast signal receiver
- transmitterSignal-emitting device
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
signal · waves · static · interference · bandwidth · modulation · tuning · shortwave · ham · broadcast
tactical
Strategically planned
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- reconPreliminary military observation
- intelGathered espionage data
patrol · checkpoint · coordinates · encrypt · callsign · squawk · comms · field · battalion · headquarters
- contactingcalling, phoning, texting, emailing, messaging
- transfertransfer, transferring, transference, transmittal, transmitting
- warning signalsalarm, alert, caution, siren, horn
radioingtexting
Sending typed mobile messages
phoning · writing · emailing · telegraphing · signaling
radioinglistening
Attending to sound
going dark · receiving · silent · standing by · staying quiet
radio, radios, radiation, radioed, radioactive, radiology, radiologist, radiogram, radiometer