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. 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.
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"...will help you cut through the sales hype and see what systems really work for the cruising sailor." --Latitudes & Attitudes, September 2003
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He is the author of Understanding Weatherfax, also published by Sheridan House, and his micro-office is his boat, a 45-foot steel cutter which he built himself. He is currently cruising in New Zealand with his wife and daughter.
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Visual and sound signals apart, radio is an integral part of virtually all small boat communications. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Zealand, Globe Wireless, Area Country Coast, Inmarsat Fleet, Position Range, User Notice, Lloyd's Open Form, North Atlantic, Code Meaning, Electronics Ltd, Navtex Nav, Pacific Seafarer New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Visual and sound signals apart, radio is an integral part of virtually all small boat communications. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Zealand, Globe Wireless, Area Country Coast, Inmarsat Fleet, Position Range, User Notice, Lloyd's Open Form, North Atlantic, Code Meaning, Electronics Ltd, Navtex Nav, Pacific Seafarer New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Using Pcs on Board by Robert Buttress in Back Matter
- Puerto Rico (Hello U.S.A.) by Joyce Johnston on page 53
- Independence Day by Dean Devlin on page 50
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