Raymarine Ray230 manual Glossary of Terms

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Glossary of Terms

All Scan

Scans all channels

ATIS

Automatic Transmission Identification

 

System; used for inland waterways in some

 

European countries

Canadian Channels

Channel designator as defined by Industry

 

Canada

Carrier Wave

A Radio Frequency on which intelligence is

 

superimposed.

DSC

Digital Selective Calling

Dual Watch

Monitor channel 16 while working on another

 

channel

Duplex

Transmit and receive on different frequencies

ETSI

European Telecommunications Standards

 

Institute

FM

Frequency Modulation

International Channels ....

Channel designator as defined by the ITU

ITU

International Telecommunications Union

LCD

Liquid Crystal Display

Memory Scan

Scans only user selected memory channels

MMSI

Maritime Mobile Service Identity; a number

 

issued by each country to identify maritime

 

stations.

NOAA

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric

 

Administration

PTT switch

Microphone push-to-talk switch

RF

Radio Frequency

RTCM

Radio Technical Commission for Maritime

 

Services

RX

Receiver

Simplex

Transmit and receive on the same frequency

Squelch

A circuit that sets the threshold for cutting off

 

the receiver when the signal is too weak for

 

reception of anything but noise

TX

Transmit

US Channels

Channel designations as defined by the FCC

VHF

Very High Frequency 30MHz to 300MHz

Weather Channels

Channels for routine and emergency weather

 

information broadcast by NOAA

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Raymarine Ray230 manual Glossary of Terms