Shipboard Communications and Navigation Equipment: The Role of the Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services
When stepping onto the bridge of a modern ship, yacht, or well-equipped boat, there are in all likelihood a number of advanced communications and navigation equipment to be found there, for which the Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services (RTCM) standards are largely responsible. In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission and U.S. Coast Guard use RTCM standards to specify radar systems, emergency position-indicating radio beacons, and the basic version of digital selective calling radios for commercial vessels and recreational boats. Also, personal locator beacons used on land or sea in the U.S. are required to meet an RTCM standard. This article provides an overview of RTCM standards and their application, used internationally for differential global navigation satellite systems and electronic chart systems.
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Authors:
- Markle, Robert L
- Publication Date: 2007
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Photos;
- Pagination: pp 39-42
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Serial:
- Proceedings of the Marine Safety & Security Council
- Volume: 64
- Issue Number: 2
- Publisher: U.S Coast Guard Headquarters
- ISSN: 1547-9676
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aids to navigation; Communication systems; Navigation; Navigational aids; Navigational aids specific to a craft or vehicle; Radio navigation; Ship navigational aids
- Identifier Terms: Global Navigation Satellite System; Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services; United States Coast Guard
- Uncontrolled Terms: Electronic chart systems
- Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01054766
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 31 2007 11:27AM