COBHAM SAILOR 6000B, User Manual

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Introduction
Introduction
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With the SAILOR MF/HF System 6000B Radiotelex system you can send
and receive telex messages and send DSC Distress alerts over MF/HF radio.
The Radiotelex program runs on a SAILOR 6018 Message Terminal.
The Message Terminal is connected to a SAILOR 6000B MF/HF system,
which transmits and receives the telex messages and transmits DSC Distress
alerts. The units are further described in the installation manuals for the
MF/HF radio
[2] and the Message Terminal [3] .
This chapter has the following sections:
• System overview
• The Radiotelex application
SAILOR 6018 Message Terminal