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AGC Automatic Gain Control

AM Amplitude modulation
AMVER Automated Mutual-assistance Vessel Rescue System. This is
a vessel position-reporting system operated by the U.S.
Coast Guard for any merchant of 1000 grt or greater on a
voyage of more than 24 hours, to and from anywhere on the
globe.

AOR-E Atlantic Ocean Region-East

AOR-W Atlantic Ocean Region-West

ARQ Automatic Request for Repeat (Radiotelex)

ARCC Aeronautical Rescue Co-ordination Centre
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ATU Antenna Tunning Unit

AUSREP Vessel position-reporting system similar to AMVER but
operated by the Australian Authorities.

Bit The basic unit of digital communications, may be 0 or 1
Bps Bits per second. This is a unit of measurement for speed

Byte 1 byte = 8 bits = 1 alfanumeric character

CC Coast station charge

CCITT Comité Consultatif International Télégraphique et
Téléphonique.
Now called ITU International Telecommunication Union.

CES Coast Earth Station

CH70 VHF channel 70 (DSC)

Clarifier Fine tuning control, used to tune the correct signal, specially
for single side band (SSB).

COSPAS-SARSAT
A satellite-based Distress beacon locating system.

Satellite system used to locate EPIRB's emissions.

CRS Coast Radio Station
CSS Coordinator Surface Search