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Pinpoint Using a receiver to identify the exact position of a buried line.
Target Line The buried pipe or cable to be located.
Trace Using a locator to following the path of a buried line.
Response The indication that the receiver gives which is caused by the signals it is receiving. This
can be visual, audio or both. Typically it is displayed on the locators dot matrix display
and audibly from a loudspeaker in the receiver housing.
Search / Sweep) This describes the act of looking or sweeping for a buried line within a given area.
Sonde A small transmitting coil which may be built into a product such as a sewer camera or
packaged as a small self-contained battery-powered transmitter. A receiver tuned to the
same frequency can locate the position of the Sonde and hence whatever it is attached
to or in. Frequently used for locating sewer cameras and the non-metallic pipes.
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