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kt knot<br />
KTA key technical advisor<br />
KTN Knowledge Transfer Network (eg Location <strong>and</strong> Timing)<br />
KTP Knowledge Transfer Partnership<br />
Scheme to bring in tech expert to help devel product or business.<br />
K u -b<strong>and</strong> Old radar b<strong>and</strong> 12-18 GHz ~ 2 cm<br />
(ITU assigned 13.4-14.0 & 15.7-17.7 GHz)<br />
kVA kilo volt-amps<br />
kW kilowatt (1,000 watts = 1.341 horsepower)<br />
L-b<strong>and</strong> NATO radar b<strong>and</strong> 40-60 GHz = 7.5-5 mm<br />
L-b<strong>and</strong> Old radar b<strong>and</strong> 1-2 GHz (ITU assigned 1,215-1,400 MHz) = 30-15 cm<br />
L/L latitude <strong>and</strong> longitude<br />
L1, L2, L5 GPS carrier frequencies (in the old L-b<strong>and</strong>)<br />
Frequencies (MHz) are 1,575.42 (L1), 1,227.60 (L2) & 1,176.45 (L5).<br />
L2C second civil signal (GPS - carries CNAV)<br />
L2CCO Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Orienteering<br />
LA Local Authority<br />
LAADR Low-Altitude Arrival/Departure Route<br />
LAAS Local Area Augmentation System (GPS etc)<br />
Operational date in USA 2004.<br />
LAC Lights Advisory Committee (GLAs)<br />
LAC location area code (phone network)<br />
LAD<br />
linear averaging digital (Loran technique from Locus Inc)<br />
LADGNSS Local Area Differential GNSS<br />
LADGPS Local Area Differential GPS<br />
LAHSO l<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> hold short operation (to exp<strong>and</strong> runway capacity)<br />
LAL lateral alert limit/level (eg for WAAS precision approach etc)<br />
LAL LBS Application Level<br />
LAMBDA least-squares ambiguity decorrelation adjustment (algorithm)<br />
LAN local apparent noon<br />
LAN local area network<br />
LAN longitude of the ascending node<br />
The point where an orbit intersects the equator when crossing from<br />
south to north.<br />
LANBY Large Automatic Navigation Buoy<br />
LARS Lower Airspace Radar Service<br />
LAS local area system<br />
LAS lower airspace service<br />
laser light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation<br />
LASOIS Lunar Astronaut Spatial Orientation <strong>and</strong> Information System<br />
LAST Light Aviation SSR Transponder (Mode S proposed for UK)<br />
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