Eartec COMSTAR Communication System
August 14, 2012
The COMSTAR system from Eartec allows up to eight crew members to talk to each other without shouting, simplifying communications and reducing stress.
The COMSTAR system from Eartec allows up to eight crew members to talk to each other without shouting, simplifying communications and reducing stress.
Your helm may create its own Wi-Fi network and share data with you wirelessly.
A two-way satellite communicator with GPS, the InReach belongs to an exciting and relatively new category; it’s a Satellite Early Notification Device (SEND).
If you are in distress, you should always use the red panic button on your DSC
radio to initiate a distress call. This has the important advantage of alerting
other vessels in your vicinity, as well as the Coast Guard. If there is time,
the distress menu will give you the option of indicating the “nature of
distress” as part of the DSC distress alert.
For non-distress purposes, however, a one-to-one call to your nearest Coast Guard
sector can be initiated using the routine call function, using the individual
MMSI.
Know how the components of your helm—and the rest of the boat—communicate.
Satellite communication is no longer restricted to the very rich or to ocean voyagers.
Think about each component of your boat’s electronics to create a powerful system that’s greater than the sum of its parts.
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The COMSTAR system from Eartec allows up to eight crew members to talk to each other without shouting, simplifying communications and reducing stress.
Your helm may create its own Wi-Fi network and share data with you wirelessly.
A two-way satellite communicator with GPS, the InReach belongs to an exciting and relatively new category; it’s a Satellite Early Notification Device (SEND).
If you are in distress, you should always use the red panic button on your DSC
radio to initiate a distress call. This has the important advantage of alerting
other vessels in your vicinity, as well as the Coast Guard. If there is time,
the distress menu will give you the option of indicating the “nature of
distress” as part of the DSC distress alert.
For non-distress purposes, however, a one-to-one call to your nearest Coast Guard
sector can be initiated using the routine call function, using the individual
MMSI.
Know how the components of your helm—and the rest of the boat—communicate.
Satellite communication is no longer restricted to the very rich or to ocean voyagers.
Think about each component of your boat’s electronics to create a powerful system that’s greater than the sum of its parts.
At 8.7 ounces, nearly an ounce lighter than the popular Iridium 9555, the Iridium Extreme…
PMY Tested: Amped Wireless UA600EX Pro USB Adapter. Improve your marina’s Wi-Fi signal with this powerful directional booster…
Inmarsat began offering text messaging and data transfer through its IsatPhone Pro—that blue phone with the foldout antenna…
Comar Systems’ affordable AIS receivers. Comar AIS: This receive-only black box helps you stay safe in high-traffic areas.
The latest addition to the growing line-up of Spot’s pocket satcoms is called Spot Connect
It’s been a long time coming, but the U.S. Coast Guard’s new communication system is up and running.
Apple AlternativeThe halo effect of the iPod aside, not every smartphone shopper winds up with another iconic device from the bushel in Cupertino. There’s another technology company out there called Google—maybe you’ve heard of it—that has created a smartphone operating system known as Android that serves as a sort of
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