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However, this flight altitude measurement is affected by several errors, methodological errors and the operating frequency and modulation parameters instability, or the Doppler shift error. This article is focused on the evaluation of how the Doppler effect error develops during the operation of an ALT and its potential use as an information carrier concerning a possible loss of radio altitude, leading to dangerous situations. This paper briefly explains in a theoretical and practical way how this error develops and how it can affect the process of creation of height impulses. Practical experiments were conducted and evaluated in this research, and a theoretical design of a simple circuit capable of signalization of radio altitude loss presented. 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