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LIBROSCommunications at sea | REF.: LCS-7 |
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AUTOR: Mike Harris [Ver más del mismo autor]
TEMA: Electronica -Radio, Radar, GPS, etc.- [Ver más libros del tema]
RESUMEN DEL LIBRO:
MARINE RADIO, E-MAIL, SATELLITE AND INTERNET SERVICES. This book is a complete guide to all forms of communication at sea. It examines the international marine use of cell phones, satellites, amateur radio and email, cutting through the jargon and sales hype to enable readers to make the right choice for their needs and sailing territory. Comprehensive appendices on radio procedure, tables of radio frequencies and weather broadcast times provide invaluable reference information not available from any other single source. This book is an essential on-board reference for cruising sailors worldwide.
PRECIO: 28,40 Euros
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IDIOMA | PAGINAS | AÑO | EDICION | MEDIDAS | ILUSTRACION | Inglés- | 172- | 2.003- | 1ª- | 15,5x23- | Dib. color, Fot. b/n- |
INDICE DEL LIBRO:
Preface
Acknowledgements
Terms and abbreviations
PART 1
Chapter 1. Radio basics
Frequencies and wavelengths
The radio spectrum
Modulation
Propagation of different frequencies
Chapter 2. VHF, HF and MF: Mainstays of marine communications
Licensing requirements:
Radio operator qualifications and authorisation
Ship radio licence
Marine VHF radio equipment; channels, effective range and the 'capture' effect
Marine MF and HF radio equipment
Chapter 3. GMDSS - the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
Distress and safety communications before GMDSS
Digital Selective Calling (DSC)
Inmarsat satellite communications
Navtex
Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs)
Search and Rescue Radar Transponders (SARTs)
Hanheld VHF sets
Narrow Band Direct Printing (NBDP) telex
GMDSS: Strengths and weaknesses
Chapter 4. Amateur radio
Amateur radio resources: nets, slow scan television, phone patches, e-mail
Amateur radio in an emergency
Obtaining a licence
Learning Morse
Obtaining a licence outside your home country
Reciprocal licenses
Chapter 5. Communications alternatives
Citizen Band (CB) radio Family Radio Service
Cellular phones
Mobile satellite communications: Globalstar, Iridium, Inmarsat Mini-M, Inmarsat Fleet F77 and F55
Chapter 6. Equipment installation - demands made on the boat
Finding the power
Power the permanently installed equipment
Finding the energy
Radio interference
Protection against lightning
HF transceiver installation
Chapter 7. Marine antennas
Basic ideas
Practical MF/HF antennas
Practical VHF antennas
Chapter 8. Computer modes
Decoding data transmissiond
Software decoders: Weatherfax, Polar orbiting satellite images, Slow scan television, Navtex, TOR (Telex On Radio) codes
Hardware data controllers and software
Chapter 9. E-mail and the internet
HF e-mail services
FTPmail - web access by e-mail
YOTREPS passage reports
Full internet access
PART2
1. Procedures, protocols and codes
Non - GMDSS Distress, Urgency and Safety
Requesting assistance
Simple form of salvage agreement
Reporting marine weather
The standar phonetic alphabet and numerals
Morse code
Extracts from the international Q code
Telex codes and abbreviations
The RS code
Maritime Mobile Service Identifiers (MMSI)
2. Frequency allocations
Marine MF/HF - SSB channels and frequencies
SSB simplex frequencies for ship to ship contacts
Marine VHF - channels and frequencies
Narvtex stations and times of opertion
Inmarsat - C SafetyNETtm broadcast times
MF, HF and VHF amateur frequencies
Amateur nets
International short wave broadcasts
USA Family Radio channels and frequencies
3. Technical data
Radio trasnmission models
Radio time signals and solar data
Battery data
Characteristics of common types of coax cable
the decibel (dB) scale
4. Further information
Book list
Internet resources
Index
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