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Digital selective calling (DSC) is a standard for transmitting predefined digital messages via the medium-frequency (MF), high-frequency (HF) and very-high-frequency (VHF) maritime radio systems. It is a core part of the Global Maritime Distress Safety System (GMDSS).
Besides broadcast messages, Coast Guard stations handle direct traffic between aircraft, cutters, boats, and shore stations on VHF, MF, and HF frequencies, including the HF Data Link encrypted e-mail system and Digital Selective Calling (DSC), which uses radio telephone to send digitally encrypted signals to either one receiver or a group or ...
Although an article in The New York Times from 1998 indicated that DSV-4 would be cannibalized to upgrade Alvin, [5] this appears to not have taken place since: 1) the US Navy Vessel Registry shows DSV-4 as an active vessel; 2) a photo from 2005 shows DSV-4 to still be intact with its personnel pressure sphere; [6] and 3) WHOI in its official ...
DSC is primarily intended to initiate ship-to-ship, ship-to-shore and shore-to-ship radiotelephone and MF/HF radiotelex calls. DSC calls can also be made to individual stations, groups of stations, or "all stations" in one's radio range. Each DSC-equipped ship, shore station and group is assigned a unique 9-digit Maritime Mobile Service Identity.
A hull number is a serial identification number given to a boat or ship. For the military, a lower number implies an older vessel. For civilian use, the Hull Identification Number (HIN) is used to trace the boat's history. The precise usage varies by country and type.
Port letter and number (PLN) is a code identifying fishing vessels and other boats printed on the boat. [1] This is used in Europe, including the United Kingdom. The format is XYZ123.
Radio transmitter with a label indicating it will identify any transmisssions from it as coming from "PF7297" using the ATIS protocol [1] The Automatic Transmitter Identification System (ATIS) is a marine VHF radio system used and mandated on navigable inland waterways in Europe for identifying the ship or vessel that made a radio transmission.
USCGC Sea Fox was the last Marine Protector-class coastal patrol boat to be built. [1] Her first home port was Bangor, Washington where she was part of the Coast Guard Maritime Force Protection Unit there, in company with her sister ship USCGC Sea Devil .