Communications at Sea Marine Radio, Email, Satellite, and Internet Services,9781574091618

Communications at Sea Marine Radio, Email, Satellite, and Internet Services

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ISBN13: 9781574091618
ISBN10: 1574091611
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-05-01
Publisher(s): Sheridan House
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Summary

As ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore communications grow increasingly important to long and short term cruising, Mike Harris, a veteran sailor and the author of Understanding Weatherfax, offers this complete guide to all forms of communication at sea. He examines the international marine use of cell phones, satellites, amateur radio, and email, cutting through the jargon and sales hype and allowing readers to make the right choices for their needs.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Acknowledgements viii
Terms and abbreviations ix
Part 1
Radio basics
1(13)
Frequencies and wavelengths
1(2)
The radio spectrum
3(1)
Modulation
4(5)
Propagation of different frequencies
9(5)
VHF, HF and MF: Mainstays of marine communications
14(8)
Licensing requirements: Radio operator qualifications and authorisation
14(2)
Ship radio licence
15(1)
Marine VHF radio equipment; channels, effective range and the `capture' effect
16(3)
Marine MF and HF radio equipment
19(3)
GMDSS -- the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
22(22)
Distress and safety communications before GMDSS
22(2)
Digital Selective Calling (DSC)
24(6)
Inmarsat satellite communications
30(4)
Navtex
34(3)
Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs)
37(2)
Search and Rescue Radar Transponders (SARTs)
39(1)
Handheld VHF sets
40(1)
Narrow Band Direct Printing (NBDP) telex
41(1)
GMDSS: Strengths and weaknesses
41(3)
Amateur radio
44(10)
Amateur radio resources: nets, slow scan television, phone patches, e-mail
44(4)
Amateur radio in an emergency
48(1)
Amateur radio without a licence
49(1)
Obtaining a licence
50(1)
Learning Morse
51(1)
Obtaining a licence outside your home country
51(1)
Reciprocal licences
52(2)
Communications alternatives
54(12)
Citizen Band (CB) radio
55(1)
Family Radio Service
56(1)
Cellular phones
56(3)
Mobile satellite communications: Globalstar, Iridium, Inmarsat Mini-M, Inmarsat Fleet F77 and F55
59(7)
Equipment installation -- demands made on the boat
66(19)
Finding the power
66(3)
Power for permanently installed equipment
69(2)
Finding the energy
71(4)
Radio interference
75(7)
Protection against lightning
82(1)
HF transceiver installation
82(3)
Marine antennas
85(16)
Basic ideas
85(3)
Practical MF/HF antennas
88(10)
Practical VHF antennas
98(3)
Computer modes
101(15)
Decoding data transmissions
101(3)
Software decoders: Weatherfax, Polar orbiting satellite images, Slow scan television, Navtex, TOR (Telex On Radio) codes
104(8)
Hardware data controllers and software
112(4)
E-mail and the internet
116(11)
HF e-mail services
117(4)
FTPmail -- web access by e-mail
121(2)
YOTREPS passage reports
123(3)
Full internet access
126(1)
Part 2
Procedures, protocols and codes
127(15)
Non-GMDSS Distress, Urgency and Safety
127(1)
Requesting assistance
128(1)
Simple form of Salvage Agreement
129(1)
Reporting marine weather
130(2)
The standard phonetic alphabet and numerals
132(1)
Morse code
133(1)
Extracts from the international Q code
134(3)
Telex codes and abbreviations
137(1)
The RST code
138(1)
Maritime Mobile Service Identifiers (MMSI)
138(4)
Frequency allocations
142(22)
Marine MF/HF -- SSB channels and frequencies
142(4)
SSB Simplex frequencies for ship to ship contacts
146(1)
Marine VHF -- channels and frequencies
147(3)
Navtex stations and times of operation
150(10)
Inmarsat-C SafetyNET™ broadcast times
160(1)
MF, HF and VHF amateur frequencies
160(1)
Amateur nets
161(1)
International short wave broadcasts
161(2)
USA Family Radio channels and frequencies
163(1)
Technical data
164(4)
Radio transmission modes
164(1)
Radio time signals and solar data
164(1)
Battery data
165(1)
Characteristics of common types of coax cable
166(1)
The decibel (dB) scale
166(2)
Further information
168(3)
Book list
168(1)
Internet resources
169(2)
Index 171

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