| A3A |
Telephony using amplitude modulation: double sideband |
| BBER |
Bulletin Board Error Rate |
| BDE |
Below Deck Equipment |
| CC |
Coast Charge |
| CCIR |
International Radio Consultative Committee |
| CCITT |
International Consultative Committee for Telegraph and Telephone |
| CEPT |
Conference of European Postal and Telecommunications administrations |
| CES |
Coast Earth Station (Inmarsat) |
| Ch |
Channel |
| CQ |
General call to all stations |
| CSS |
Coordinator Surface Search |
| DE |
Signal used in Morse telegraphy meaning «THIS IS…» |
| DF |
Direction Finder |
| 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 |
| FAX |
Facsimile |
| FEC |
Forward Error Correction |
| FM |
Frequency Modulation |
| FSK |
Frequency Shift Keying |
| F1B |
Telegraphy using frequency modulation (telex) |
| F3E |
Telephony using frequency modulation |
| GA+ |
Go Ahead (telex) |
| GF |
Gold Frank |
| GHz |
GigaHertz |
| GMDSS |
Global Maritime Distress and Safety System |
| GOC |
General Operator’s Certificate |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| G3E |
Telephony using phase modulation |
| HF |
High Frequency (3÷30 MHz) |
| HSD |
High Speed Data |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| PCR |
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 |
| SelCal |
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 |
