Developed by the United States Power Squadrons, the world's largest private, nonprofit boating organization, Marine Amateur Radio is a complete guide to the use of ham radio for two-way and network communications among boats and between boats and shore stations. Briefly, succinctly, and clearly, this sturdy handbook lays out the advantages of ham radio for boaters. It explains how to get an operator's license, how to select and install a receiver and antenna, and how to use the radio for voice and Morse code communications with other boats and to shore--including inexpensive telephone patches to home. It also shows readers how to link up with marine voice nets for weather and safety communication.
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ENJOY FAST, CLEAR, AFFORDABLE COMMUNICATIONS—SHIP-TO-SHIP OR SHIP-TO-SHORE Obtain a Technician Class or General Class operator’s license Use ham radio for coastal, high-seas, or worldwide communications Tune the optimal frequency band for the time of day and range of transmission
When you’re miles offshore and the nearest vessel is somewhere over the horizon, you need a fast, reliable, easy-to-operate communication system. Marine Amateur Radio provides all the information you need to select, install, and operate an inexpensive and completely dependable ham radio system on any boat, power or sail. This well-illustrated guide succinctly explains how ham radio gives you the advantages of a single-sideband system at a fraction of the cost. You’ll learn how to use your radio for voice or Morse code communications, check and send e-mail, link up with on-shore signal repeaters to extend your range, and even make personal phone calls using your ham radio. Designed to lie flat for easy use onboard, this compact manual shows you how to:
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U.S. Power Squadrons is the largest private boating educator in the United States and the “go to” organization for recreational boating knowledge and training. USPS offers programs in seamanship and navigation on inland, coastal, and offshore waters, plus a host of special topics ranging from marine engines and electronics to paddlesports and sailing. Members enjoy the camaraderie of fellow boaters and an opportunity to help their local boating communities. For a squadron near you, go to www.usps.org.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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Introductory with very little useful information for the average mariner interested in Amateur Radio aboard your boat.,
This review is from: Marine Amateur Radio: Selection, Installation, Licensing, and Use (Spiral-bound)
Marine Amateur Radio purports to be a text on selection, installation, licensing, and use; but fails to provide more than cursory, introductory information on selection and the most important installation and antenna selection phase. The very brief section on antennas for HF (high frequency) communications could have filled 25 pages leaving the mariner with lots of choices and alternatives, but in fact was introduced and finished 4 pages later. Buy this book if you know absolutely nothing about Amateur Radio and want lots of history, licensing, and non-marine related amateur radio activities, but do not buy it for strategies and tactics to select equipment and build or buy antennas for your vessel. Buy it if you are interested in knowing about amateur radio (ham radio) and some of its uses.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Use primary sources,
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This review is from: Marine Amateur Radio: Selection, Installation, Licensing, and Use (Spiral-bound)
Another book that is simply not worth the purchase price. There is no new information here, just a brief glance through general information about ham radio. Very little information about radio on boats and no specific information about selecting, installing, and operating a ham radio on a boat. I hoped that this would be a good book.
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I found this book informative and easy to read without being overly technical. A good book for aspiring amateurs or new hams looking for a guide to amateur marine mobile communications.
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Most recreational boaters know the advantages of having a marine radio aboard their boats. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
amateur radio equipment, antenna tuner, cruising yachtsman, license manual, dah dit dah, dit dah dit, ham bands, amateur radio station, amateur license, dah dit dit, copper strap, amateur radio license, portable station, net controller, phone patch, traffic nets, repeater stations, dit dit dit, amateur radio operators, vertical antenna, other hams, amateur bands, recreational boater, dah dah dah, ham radio Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, General Class, Extra Class, Coast Guard, Field Day, World War, Gordon West Publications New!
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- Extra Class (Book and Software Package) by Gordon West on page 10, page 17, and Back Matter
- General Class (Book & Software Package) by Gordon West on page 9, and Back Matter
- Rhode Island (The Bilingual Library of the United States of America) (Spanish Edition) by Jennifer Way in Back Matter
- Technician Class: 2006-10 FCC Element 2 Amateur Radio License Preparation by Gordon West on page 9
- Direction Finding by United States Navy on page 27
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- The Boatowner's Guide to GMDSS and Marine Radio: Marine Distress and Safety Communications in the Digital Age by The United States Power Squadrons in Back Matter
- Knots, Bends, and Hitches for Mariners (Us Power Squadrons Guide) by The United States Power Squadrons in Back Matter
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