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| From | Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Marine distress system |
| Date | 2015-10-21 19:17 -0700 |
| Organization | Wheeler&Wheeler |
| Message-ID | <87oafrbq9p.fsf@lhwserver.localdomain> (permalink) |
I was sitting at coffee shop yesterday morning, the next table had four men and one was explaining the marine distress system. A ship signals distress and all ships in the world receive it ... and receivers have limited time interval to respond (cancel or acknowledge), before their system retransmits the signal. He claimed that a sinking ship distress transmission near australia a month ago, is still being retransmitted. He said that it is an ancient MS/DOS based system and almost impossible to change. He said that some ships turn off their receiver because there is also required paper work that has to be filled out for each signal that is received. this doesn't go into that level of detail ... Global Maritime Distress and Safety System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Maritime_Distress_Safety_System digital selective calling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Selective_Calling -- virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970
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Marine distress system Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2015-10-21 19:17 -0700
Re: Marine distress system hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-10-22 07:38 -0700
Re: Marine distress system "78lp" <78lp@nospam.com> - 2015-10-23 05:53 +1100
Re: Marine distress system Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-22 11:57 -0400
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