Predicted HF Coverage Reliabilities for the USCG SSB Small Craft Communication System in the Alaskan Region.

• Main Author: Kissick,William A
• Other Authors: OFFICE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS BOULDER COLO INST FOR TELECOMMUNICATION SCIENCES
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1976
• Subjects: Marine Engineering; Radio Communications; *SINGLE SIDEBAND COMMUNICATIONS; *SMALL SHIPS; HIGH FREQUENCY; ALASKA; MERCHANT VESSELS; AREA COVERAGE; RELIABILITY(ELECTRONICS); COAST GUARD SHIPS; AMVER(Automated Merchant Vessel Reporting System); Automated Merchant Vessel Reporting System; Adak; Barrow; Kodiak; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA052083; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA052083

This work presents a study of the HF communication reliability of the high-frequency SSB small craft communication system for the Alaskan waters. Reliabilities are calculated assuming ionospheric propagation from a number of simulated ship positions (SSP's) in the waters bonded by 50 deg. N. to...