AAIC
|
Accounting Authority Identification Code
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AC
|
Alternating Current
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ADE
|
Above Deck Equipment
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AF
|
Audio Frequency
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AGC
|
Automatic Gain Control
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AM
|
Amplitude Modulation
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AMVER
|
Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue System
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AOR-E
|
Atlantic Ocean Region (East)
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AOR-W
|
Atlantic Ocean Region (West)
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ARCC
|
Aeronautical Rescue Coordinating Centre
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ARQ
|
Automatic Repetition reQuest
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ASCII
|
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
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AUSREP
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AMVER, operated by the Australian Authorities
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A1A
|
Continuous wave telegraphy, Morse code
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A2A
|
Telegraphy by the on-off a tone modulated carrier, Morse code: double sideband
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A3A
|
Telephony using amplitude modulation: double sideband
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BBER
|
Bulletin Board Error Rate
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BDE
|
Below Deck Equipment
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CC
|
Coast Charge
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CCIR
|
International Radio Consultative Committee
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CCITT
|
International Consultative Committee for Telegraph and Telephone
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CEPT
|
Conference of European Postal and Telecommunications administrations
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CES
|
Coast Earth Station (Inmarsat)
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Ch
|
Channel
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CQ
|
General call to all stations
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CSS
|
Coordinator Surface Search
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DE
|
Signal used in Morse telegraphy meaning «THIS IS…»
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DF
|
Direction Finder
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DSC
|
Digital Selective Calling
|
EGC
|
Enhanced Group Call (Inmarsat)
|
EPIRB
|
Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon
|
ETA
|
Estimated Time of Arrival
|
ETD
|
Estimated Time of Departure
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FAX
|
Facsimile
|
FEC
|
Forward Error Correction
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FM
|
Frequency Modulation
|
FSK
|
Frequency Shift Keying
|
F1B
|
Telegraphy using frequency modulation (telex)
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F3E
|
Telephony using frequency modulation
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GA+
|
Go Ahead (telex)
|
GF
|
Gold Frank
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GHz
|
GigaHertz
|
GMDSS
|
Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
|
GOC
|
General Operator's Certificate
|
GPS
|
Global Positioning System
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G3E
|
Telephony using phase modulation
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HF
|
High Frequency (3÷30 MHz)
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HSD
|
High Speed Data
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H2A
|
Telegraphy by the on-off keying of a tone modulated carrier, Morse code: single sideband, full carrier
|
H3E
|
Telephone using amplitude modulation: single sideband, full carrier
|
IAMSAR
|
International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue Manual
|
IBM
|
International Business Machines
|
IC
|
Integrated Circuit
|
ICAO
|
International Civil Aviation Organization
|
IF
|
Intermediate Frequency
|
IHO
|
International Hydrographic Organization
|
IMN
|
Inmarsat Mobile Number
|
IMO
|
International Maritime Organization
|
INMARSAT
|
INternational MARitime SATellite organization
|
IOR
|
Indian Ocean Region
|
ITA2
|
International Telegraph Alphabet 2
|
ITU
|
International Telecommunication Union
|
J3E
|
Telephone using amplitude modulation: single sideband suppressed carrier
|
JASREP
|
AMVER, operated by the Japanese Authorities
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kHz
|
KiloHertz
|
КОСПАС/ SARSAT
|
КОсмическая Система Поиска Аварийных Судов/Search And Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking
|
kW
|
KiloWatt
|
LCD
|
Liquid Crystal Display
|
LES
|
Land Earth Station
|
LL
|
LandLine charge
|
LMES
|
Land-Mobile Earth Station
|
LSB
|
Lower Side Band
|
LUT
|
Local User Terminal (КОСПАС/SARSAT system)
|
MCC
|
Mission Control Centre (КОСПАС/SARSAT system)
|
MERSAR
|
MERchant ship Search And Rescue manual
|
MES
|
Mobile Earth Station
|
MF
|
Medium Frequency (300÷3000 kHz)
|
MHz
|
MegaHertz
|
MID
|
Maritime Identification Digits
|
MMSI
|
Maritime Mobile Service Identities
|
MRCC
|
Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC)
|
MS-DOS
|
MicroSoft Disk Operating System
|
MSI
|
Maritime Safety Information
|
NAVAREA
|
NAVigational AREA – short title of an area in the wold-wide navigational warning service
|
NAVTEX
|
NAVigational TEleX
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NBDP
|
Narrow-Band Direct Printing
|
NCS
|
Network Co-ordination Station (Inmarsat)
|
NM
|
Nautical Mile
|
NOC
|
Network Operation Centre (Inmarsat)
|
OBS
|
Prefix for Meteorological telegrams
|
OCC
|
Operations Control Centre
|
OSC
|
On-Scene Commander
|
PC
|
Personal Computer
|
PCP
|
Programmable Communication Processor
|
POR
|
Pacific Ocean Region
|
PRN
|
PriNter
|
PSDN
|
Packet Switched Data Network
|
PSTN
|
Public Switched Telephone Network
|
R3E
|
Telephony using amplitude modulation: single sideband, reduced carrier
|
RAM
|
Random Access Memory
|
RCC
|
Rescue Coordinating Centre (MRCC)
|
ROC
|
Restricted Operator's Certificate
|
ROM
|
Read Only Memory
|
RT
|
Radio Telephony
|
RTM
|
Radio Telex Modem
|
RX
|
Receiver
|
SAR
|
Search And Rescue
|
SARSAT
|
Search And Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking
|
SART
|
Search And Rescue Transponder
|
SCANCOMM
|
Skanti Computerized Advanced Node for Communicating Maritime Messages
|
SDR
|
Special Drawing Right
|
SelCall
|
Selective Calling
|
SelFEC
|
Selective Forward Error Correction (telex)
|
SKANTI
|
SKANdinavisk TeleIndustry
|
SES
|
Ship Earth Station
|
SOLAS
|
Safety Of Life At Sea
|
SS
|
Ship Station charge (Mobile station charge)
|
SSB
|
Single Side Band
|
TEL
|
TELephone (voice) transmission via PSTN
|
TELEX
|
TELegraphic EXchange
|
TLX
|
store-and-forward TeLeX
|
TOR
|
Telex Over Radio
|
TRP
|
Transmitter Receiver Power supply
|
TV
|
TeleVision
|
TX
|
Transmitter, Transmission
|
UHF
|
Ultra High Frequency
|
USB
|
Upper Side Band
|
UTC
|
Universal Coordinated Time
|
VBTLX
|
Voice Bank and TeLeX transmission via PSTN and TELEX
|
VHF
|
Very High Frequency (30÷300 MHz)
|
VTS
|
Vessel Traffic Service
|
W
|
Watt
|
WARC
|
World Administrative Radio Conference
|
WMO
|
World Meteorological Organization
|
WRU
|
Who aRe yoU? (telex)
|
WT
|
Wireless Telegraphy (Morse)
|
WWNWS
|
World Wide Navigational Service
|
Wx
|
Weather
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