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Table Of Contents
- TITLE PAGE
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- SECTION I
- CHARACTERISTICS OF HF SSB
- ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS
- REFERENCES
- HF SSB COMMUNICATIONS
- FREQUENCY
- SKYWAVE PROPAGATION - WHICH FREQUENCY TO
- WHY SINGLE SIDEBAND IS IMPORTANT IN HF
- AMPLITUDE MODULATION (AM)
- SINGLE SIDEBAND OPERATION
- SINGLE SIDEBAND (SSB)
- SUPPRESSED CARRIER VS. REDUCED CARRIER
- SIMPLEX AND SEMI-DUPLEX OPERATION
- AUTOMATIC LINK ESTABLISHMENT (ALE)
- FUNCTIONS OF HF RADIO AUTOMATION
- HOW ALE ASSURES THAT THE BEST COMMUNICA-TIONS
- CHARACTERISTICS OF HF SSB
- SECTION II
- SECTION III
- SECTION IV
- SECTION V
- SECTION VI
- SECTION VII
- ITU MARITIME RADIOTELEPHONE STATIONS
- DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
- AT&T HIGH SEAS RADIOTELEPHONE SERVICE
- AT & T COAST STATION COVERAGE MAP
- COAST STATION COVERAGE & INFORMATION
- AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION
- OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR USING THE HIGH SEAS RADIOTELEPHONE NETWORK
- AT&T HIGH SEAS COAST STATIONS
- MOBILE MARINE RADIO, INC.
- WORLDWIDE LISTING OF PUBLIC CORRESPONDENCE STATIONS
- MARITIME RADIOTELEPHONE CHANNEL DESIGNATIONS
- SECTION VIII
- SECTION IX
- SECTION X
- SECTION XI
- SECTION XII
- SECTION XIII
onds), etc.issued when appropriate.
3. Technical notes and other publications of the Time & Frequency
Dissemination Group issued when published.
Also available is NIST Special Publication 432 (U.S. Government
Printing Office number 1979-681-991) which describes in 16 pages
the NIST time and frequency dissemination services.
APPENDIX C: ADDITIONAL REFERENCE MATERIAL
ON HF RADIO
1. Radio Amateur’s Handbook. Published by the American Radio
Relay League. 640 pages. Available from: ARRL, 225 Main St.,
Newington, Connecticut, 06111.This source has long been an author-
itative manual for the amateur radio operator. It contains a multitude
of information on basic fundamentals and theory of HF radio as well
as practical “how to” tips and charts.
2. Radio Communications Handbook Fifth Edition, Volume 2.
Published by the Radio Society of Great Britain. Available from:
ARRL, 225 Main St., Newington, Connecticut, 06111. A comprehen-
sive textbook on the theory and practice of amateur radio, including
all aspects of HF communications.
3. Davies, K., Ionospheric Radio Propagation. US DOC/NIST
Monograph 80. Published 1965. 470 pages. Available from: National
Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield,
Virginia 22161. Order No. P.B. 257342. (Fairly scientific. Assumes a
knowledge of physics and electronics).
4. Manley, James A., Capt., Short Term HF Forecasting and
Analysis, January 1981, U.S.Air Force, Air Weather Service, Air
Force Global Weather Control, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska,
68113, AFGW C/TN-81/001.
5. World Radio TV Handbook, edited by Jens M. Frost. Published by
Billboard Books. Available from: Billboard Books, P.O. Box 2013,
Lakewood, New Jersey, 08701. An excellent reference for anyone
interested in shortwave radio listening. It contains detailed informa-
tion, country by country, on the radio stations of the world including
program information and target areas of broadcasts. It also contains
instructive information relating to shortwave radio on such subjects as
HF broadcast reception conditions and solar activity for the current
year.
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