- M-SAT.net - Marine Satellite Systems LLC - - Ku-Band VSAT - Fixed Price Regional Internet at sea - Ku-Band USAT, Ultra Small, Fixed Price, Internet at sea.
- - - - Internet at sea - - - - - VSAT - Ku-Band VSAT - Fixed Price Regional Internet at sea - Ku Band VSAT Terminals - Shared Bandwidth - Contention Ratio: The cost of sharing bandwidth - What Size antenna - USATs Ultra Small Aperture Terminal - C-Band Terminals Marine Satellite Hardware Costs
- Satellite hardware costs - Vessel size, equipment weight and size. - Communications budget - Bandwidth usage - Survey How much bandwidth do I use?
- How many MB in an email? - MegaBytes MB and Megabits Mb CIR and why do I need it?
- CIR - Committed Information Rate - MIR - Maximum Information Rate - Contention Ratio - Oversubscription VoIP Telephone Calls
- What is VoIP? - VoIP Bandwidth - Skype Bandwidth - ACELP Choosing a VSAT Provider
- Service is everything! - The challenges of providing satellite service. - How long does it take before you can talk to someone that knows? - To continue in English press 1. - Is your power switch turned on? - Smaller companies provide personal service and expertise. - Larger companies have more resources
- - - - Starlink - - - - - Starlink - Starlink Residential Plan - Starlink Maritime (Commercial shipping and Megayachts) - Starlink on Boats using RV Plan (Small Cruising Boats) - Starlink RV Plan - Starlink Business - Service Comparison - Starlink Installation - Order Starlink - STARLINK.SX - A great Starlink connection tracker - SATELLITEMAP.SPACE - Showing Starlink satellite positions - How does Starlink work?
- - - - Marine VSAT Antennas - - - - - Standard 1 meter Ku VSAT antennas - Ku-Band VSAT antenna choices for 2018 - Current 1 meter Ku-Band VSAT antennas - Legacy 1 meter Ku-Band VSAT antennas - 80 centimeters VSAT Antennas - Is 80 centimeters now the new 1 meter? - Inmarsat Fleet Xpress - Kymeta Flat panel antennas. - KVH Intellian VSAT Antennas
Cobham SeaTel VSAT Antennas
- SeaTel 4012 GX (Global Express, Ku to GX convertable) - SeaTel 4010, 4009, 4006, 4003 - 4006 RZA Cobham Sailor VSAT Antennas
- Sailor 900 VSAT GX Convertable, - Sailor 700 VSAT manual - Sailor 800 VSAT KVH mini-VSAT Antennas
- KVH V11-IP Dual Ku/C-Band mini-VSAT - KVH Tracphone V7 - KVH unveils the TracPhone V3 - Viasat ArcLight Modem Orbit VSAT Antennas
- New Orbit OceanTRxTM 4 - Orsat AL-7103 MkII-Ku- 1.15m (45") - Orbit 7103 Specifications - An Orsat antenna in demo mode KNS VSAT Antennas
- New KNS Z10Mk3 - KNS Z10 and Z12 - Searching on Modem lock, DVB lock and C/N Threshold - Tracking on C/N ratio - KNS Z10 MkII - Norsat antennas manufactured by KNS - Norsat MarineLink COM6 - KNS - Norsat - Norsat Marinelink COM12 Automatic Beam Switching
- Is ABS ready for the real world? - How ABS works. - OpenAMIP VSAT LNBs
- Intellian Global PLL LNB - SMW Quad PLL type R - Swedish Microwave - NJR2536S Asia - NJR2537S Europe - NJR2535S Americas - Invacom SPV-30SM Dual LNB - SeaTel Dual Band LNB - Invacom SPV-65SM External Reference LNB - iDirect Dual Band LNB - Norsat 1000H C-Band Terminals
- SeaTel 9797 - Schlumberger Spacetrack 4000 - C-Bird from Maritime Broadband - Orband AL-7107 Phased Array Antennas
- ZipPhaser II Dual Antenna switches
- Acutec Dual Antenna Switch - MTN RTS - Invacom Dual switch - NSSL Dual switch - Orbit CCU Dual switcher Onboard Network Control
- OmniAccess Plexus Controller - GCS Network Access Server NAS3000 - Marlink Access Controller - E3 Systems eDSC. Data Service Controller
- - - - Intellian Antennas - - - - - - Full Front Panel Control as well as Aptus Remote Software - Aptus Web and Aptus PC - Optional Gyro Heading or Gyro Free operation - Intellian Worldview LNB and Global PLL LNB - DVB-S2 tuner in the antenna not the ACU - Intellian features Intellian Antenna Basic Functions
- Antenna Components and Functions - Sensor box - Initialization - NMEA Heading Input to the ACU - SEARCH 3: Targeting and Searching with heading input. - SEARCH 1: Targeting and Searching without heading input. - Tracking Intellian VSAT Antennas
- Intellian Ku VSAT Antennas - Intelian Larger C-band and Ku-band VSAT antennas - Intellian v60G for smaller boats. - Intellian V100GX Ku-Ka convertable - Intellian V110 - Intellian v60 VSAT IntellianTV Antennas
- Three Axis T Series TV antennas with Worldview LNB - Intellian t110 and t130, 3 axis Ku TV antennas - Intellian d4 and d6 Ka+Ku (HD+SD) antennas - Intellian i9/i9P, i6/i6P, i4/i4P Ku band with Polarization - Intellian i1, i2, i3 Ku Band TV antennas
- - - - SeaTel Antennas - - - - - SeaTel Antennas - SeaTel Model Numbers - SeaTel VSAT Dash numbers (RF) - USAT 24, USAT 30 - SeaTel 2406 - SeaTel XX03 series - SeaTel XX04 series TVRO - SeaTel XX06 series. - SeaTel XX09 Series - SeaTel XX10 Series: 4010 and 5010 - SeaTel XX11 Series - SeaTel XX12 series - SeaTel 9797 Series - SeaTel 9707 Series - SeaTel VSAT Models SeaTel TV Antennas
- SeaTel 80TV, 100TV AND 120TV Three axis worldwide - SeaTel 100TVHD AND 120TVHD DirecTV US HD and worldwide - SeaTel XX04 Series - SeaTel 4004 - SeaTel 3004, 4004, 5004 - 4004 Azimuth Limits and Initialization - 6004 azimuth limits (XX.Xk software) SeaTel IMA Antennas
- New IMA antenna architecture from SeaTel SeaTel 4010
- SeaTel XX10 Series 4010, 5010 SeaTel 4009
- SeaTel XX09 Series 4009, 5009, 6009 - SeaTel 4009 Specifications - Ku Band VSAT Terminals SeaTel 4006
- SeaTel 4006 RZA - SeaTel 4006 Specifications Operating SeaTel Antennas
- The DAC 2200 Controller - Targeting the satellite - Turning off the Error light - SeaTel DAC 2200 Installation and Operation Manual SeaTel DAC 2202 Status Menu
- Status Menu - Press reset to see DAC model and version - Control Tracking screen - Tracking Display set to 0130 - Control Search Screen - Status Error Screen - Remote Aux - Save parameters SeaTel DAC 2202 Ship menu
- Lat - Lon Menu - Checking GPS and changing Latitude and Longitude - Checking and entering Heading. - Save Parameters SeaTel DAC 2202 Satellite Menu
- Satellite Menu - SAT: Satellite Longitude - THRS: Threshold - FREQ or MHz: Tracking Frequency - Baud or KHz - Tone ON/OFF- 22KHz - Volt: HORZ, VERT, RHCP, LHCP - FEC: Forward Error Correction - Skew - NID: Target Satellite Network ID - NID FFFE on Galaxy 95W FEC 2/3* - Forced or Pseudo NID (FEC*) - Save Parameters SeaTel DAC 2202 Antenna Menu
- Antenna Menu - AZ: Azimuth - EL: Elevation - REL: Relative Azimuth - POL: Pol Angle - Save Parameters SeaTel DAC 2202 Setup Menu
- The Setup Menu - AUTO TRIM - EL TRIM and AZ TRIM - AUTO THRESHOLD - EL STEP SIZE 0000 - AZ STEP SIZE 0000 - STEP INTEGRAL 0000 - SEARCH INC, SEARCH LIMIT and SEARCH DELAY - SWEEP INC 0000 - SYSTEM TYPE - SeaTel System Type Calculator - GYRO TYPE - POLANG TYPE - POL OFFSET - POL SCALE - AZ LIMIT 1, AZ LIMIT 2 and EL LIMIT 12 - 5V OFFSET, SCALE - TX POLARITY - TRACK DISP - SAVE NEW PARAMETERS - REMOTE COMMANDS Troubleshooting
- Why can't I see the satellite - Check your tuner settings - Check the Gyro Compass input - Check the Azimuth and Elevation Alignment - Point the antenna at the bow - Point the elevation at 0 degrees - Reseting power to the antenna. - Watching the antenna re-initialize
- - - - Sailor Antennas - - - - - S900 Specification - Standard BUC sizes (no options) - Single coax cable to antenna - Cross-pol and Co-pol LNBs capable of any LO. - Dynamic Motor Brakes - Shipped "Plug and Play" - Acronyms for S900 parts - With or without NMEA 0183 Gyro heading - Dual antennas require no arbitrator - Built in power meter in OMT - No maintenance required for 10 years - Designed to operate in temperatures up to 75 degrees C. Installing a Sailor 900 VSAT
- Standard 9.74 antenna mounting pattern - Opening the hatch Torx 20 - Single crossdeck IF cable - System requires 24VDC supply at ACU - Connect Modem IF cables - Connect Modem Console RJ45 to DB9 - Connect modem to ACU LAN1 - Connect PC to the GUI in the ACU - Configure NETWORK/ Lan port 1: VSAT Modem Unit - Edit VSAT Modem Profile - Set Tracking Profile - Edit Satellite Profile - Connect Gyro Heading - Azimuth Calibration - Cable Calibration - Confirm GPS latlong update to modem - Satellite Line up with provider - Set Blockage Zones - Download Diagnostic and Statistic Report
- - - - VSAT Service Providers - - - - - Satellite Networks and Technologies - VSAT - Very Small Aperture Terminal - USAT, Ultra Small, Fixed Price, Internet at sea. - SCPC - Dedicated, One-on-one circuits - Shared Bandwidth: - TDMA - Time Division Multiple Access: - CDMA- Code Division Multiple Access - PCMA - Paired Carrier Multiple Access iDirect VSAT Networks
- Evolution modem - Automatic Beam Switching ABS - Virtual Network Operator VNO - Adaptive Coding Modulation ACM STM VSAT Networks
- STM Satlink 2900 Modem - STM SatLink 1910 Maritime DVB Modem KVH Mini-VSAT
- - KVH Tracphone V7 mini-VSAT - KVH V7 Fixed Standard rate plans - KVH V7 Fixed Seasonal rate plans - KVH introduces metered rates for V7 - Thrane &Thrane Sailor 700 VSAT and JRC. Hughesnet
- Hughes Network Systems - Echostar to buy Hughes. - G19 at 97W - Eutelsat 10A at 10E (W2A) Other modems
C-Band Networks
- - - - VSAT Coverage Maps - - - - - Americas
- Europe and Middle East
- Telstar T11n at 37.6W Europe Beam - Intelsat 903 Europe at 34.5W - Intelsat 907 at 27.6W Europe beam - SES-4 at 22W - Eutelsat 21B at 21.5W Wide Beam - Telstar T12 at 15W Europe Beam - AM44 Express at 11W - Atlantic Bird 2 at 8W - Intelsat 10-02 Europe at 1W - Eutelsat 10A at 10E (W2A) - Astra3B at 23.5E - Eutelsat 36B at 36E - Hellasat F2 at 39E - AM1 at 40E - AM22 at 53E - Intelsat 10-02 Middle East at 1W - AM44 Express Middle East Beam at 11W - Astra 3B Middle East Beam at 23.5E - Intelsat IS22 at 72.1E Atlantic Ocean
- T11N at 37.6W Atlantic Beam (AOR) - Telstar 14 at 63W Atlantic Ocean Beam - SES6 West Atlantic Beam at 40 W - INTELSAT IS21 at 58W Atlantic (Mobility) Beam Africa
- Eutelsat 10A at 10E - T11N at 37.6 W Africa Beam - Intelsat 702 at 33E Seychelles, Maldives - Telstar 12 at 15W South Africa beam Asia-Pacific
- Eutelsat 172A (EX GE23) at 172E North Pacific Beam - Eutelsat 172A (ex GE23) at 172E North East Asia - Intelsat IS18 at 180E French Polynesia/US Beam - Eutelsat 172A (EX GE23) at 172E South West Pacific SWP - NSS6 at 95E North East Asia Beam - Eutelsat 70B at 70.5E - Eutelsat 172A (EX GE23) at 172E Southern Pacific Beam - Asiasat 4 at 122.2E Australasia beam - Intelsat 18 at 180E South pacific Beam - Eutelsat 172A (EX GE23) at 172E SEP South East Pacific Beam - ASIASAT 3S at 105.5 °E South Asia Beam - NSS6 at 95E South East Asia beam - ASIASAT 3S at 105.5 °E - East Asia Beam - Intelsat 12 at 45E South East Asia Beam - Intelsat IS22 at 72.1E Mobility Beam - Superbird C2 SE Asia at 144E - ABS1 at 75E
- - - - Inmarsat Fleet Xpress - - - - - Inmarsat Global Xpress - Inmarsat Fleet Xpress - Intellian Offer Complete Fleet Xpress Terminal - SeaTel, Thrane and Intellian to manufacture Global Xpress terminals. - Boeing and Harris to build the Global Xpress satellites - iDirect to provide the Global Xpress ground network - ILS to launch Global Xpress satellites - Inmarsat selects Cobham SeaTel for Global Xpress terminal
- - - - O3B Maritime - - - - - O3B MEO Satellite Constellation - 03B Maritime
- - - - Intelsat EpicNG - - - - - Intelsat Epic NG - High throughput, Ku-Band spot beams
- - - - Satellite TV at Sea - - - - - - LNB - Low Noise Block Downconverter - LNB Local Oscillator (Low and High band) - Circular Polarization (US/Canada/Caribbean) - Linear Polarization - Aligning a European Linear LNB - Multiswitch - Sky UK or Sky Italia Configuration - Dual Antenna Installation - Splitter DC pass to the antenna controller - In US and Caribbean DAC VOLT must be set to LHCP (18V) - Tracking on Horizontal Low or Vertical High - Decoder/Receivers IRD - IR Extenders and Blink LED emitters. - Dual Antenna systems - Crestron Controls Satellite TV Antennas
- Selecting a marine antenna - Size of the vessel and hardware budget - Operating Area and Footprint Coverage - Rain Fade - Expected Sea Conditions - DirecTV HD in North America TV over IP
- Jetstream: TV over VSAT to your yacht. - Slingbox: TV over VSAT to your yacht. Yacht AV Specialists
- MESL UK - Techno Gurus - Yacht Entertainment Systems LLC - AVIA, Fort Lauderdale, Florida - AViT - MEC Marine Electronics Croatia
- - - - Satellite TV Coverage - - - - - - Starchoice Canada DIRECTV US 101W
- What you need for DIRECTV US 101W - DirecTV US at 101W - 101 W DirecTV Tracking Frequencies DIRECTV HD 99W/101W/103W
- What you need for DIRECTV US High Definition - Three Satellites at once Ka-Ku-Ka 99W/101W/103W - SWM-8 Single Wire Multiswitch DirecTV Latin America (Caribbean)
- What you need for DIRECTV Caribbean - New coverage for DIRECTV Caribbean on IS30 (DLA1) at 95W - DIRECTV Caribbean on IS30 at 95W DLA-Region 1 - IS 30 at 95W - DLA-1 Region 2 - DLA /GLA LNB - 95W DirecTV Tracking Frequencies - DirecTV Caribbean for Yachts from Trinidad - L14 Standard Definition Decoder - LHR 22 High Definition DVR - Subscriptions - Old coverage on G3C At 95W - Basic English Seasonal Package for Yachts - Lyngsat Channel line up for DirecTV 95W - Note Baud rate on 95W 22500 not 20000 Dish Network US
- Dish Network. - Dish Network on 110W - Polish TV on 118.7W Canalsat Caraibes
- Canalsat Caraibes at 34.5W Sky Mexico at 58W
- What you need for Sky Mexico - Sky Mexico at 58W Sky Brazil
- Sky Brazil on Intelsat 11 at 43.1W - Sky Brasil Channel lineup - Sky Brazil Tracking Frequencies Europe TV
- Yacht Satellite TV in Europe - Sky UK on 28.2E - Sky Italia on 13E - Free to Air TV in the Mediterranean on 13E Australia
- - Optus C1 at 156E Asia Thailand-Malaysia
- TrueVisions on Thaicom 5 at 78.5E - Channels and Tracking Frequencies on 78.5E West Africa
- MultiChoice Africa on Eutelsat W7 at 36E
- - - - Installation and Support - - - - - Marine Satellite Systems LLC, Fort Lauderdale, FL - - - m-sat.net Shortcut to MarineSatelliteSystems.com - test
- - - - Installation Design - - - - - Anatomy of a good VSAT or TV installation - Below-Deck Equipment Rack Access - Nothing beats an open rack with rear and side access. - The best rack installations allow front and rear access without tools. - Rolling racks require rails installed - Rotating racks are a good compromise. - Rittal front door equipment mount. - Service loops allow live equipment removal. - Mount TV decoders vertical to save space - Minimal Tie wraps - Label cable ends in plain English. - Operator equipment at eye level - Antenna placement with safe and convenient access. - Stub Mast for hatch clearance - Side radome hatches - Rigid mast mount, free of vibration - Mast height versus stability - Correct cable connectors and tools - Ventilation and Heat Disapation - Accessable Antenna Power breaker - Diagrams and Cable lists - Minimal blockage - Antenna alignment - Well Documented and simple Coax Cables and Connectors
- Recommended VSAT 50 Ohm Coax Cable Types - Recommended Sat TV 75 Ohm Coax Types
- - - - Satellite Basics - - - - - 22,300 A Space Odyssey - The Geostationary Clarke Orbit - Some Satellite History - GEO - Geostationary Earth Orbit - Inclined Orbits - LEO: Low Earth Orbit Satellites - MEO: Medium Earth Orbit - Global beams, Hemi beams, Spot beams - Finding Satellite information on the internet - Antenna gain dBi - EIRP or E.I.R.P. - EIRP or dBW on a satellite footprint map. - G/T Satellite Uplink Map - Ka-Band Pointing Accuracy - ESV- Earth Station aboard Vessel - Comsat Mobile Communications - Inmarsat - MEO - Medium Earth Orbit - Satellite Latency - Low Earth Orbit LEO - Medium Earth Orbit MEO - Symbol Rate - SCPC - Single Carrier Per Channel - TDM -Time Division Multiplexing - TDMA - Time Division Multiple Access - Downlink Satellite Frequency Bands
- L-Band (1-2 GHz) - C-Band (4-8 GHz) - Ku-Band (12-18 GHz) - Ka-Band (26.5-40 GHz) Link Budgets
- Link Budgets - Noise Temperature - Noise Temperature, Noise Figure and Noise Factor - dB (decibel) Power Gain and Loss - dBW and dBm
- - - - Antenna basics - - - - - AZ Azimuth - REL: Relative Azimuth - EL: Elevation - POL: Polarization - Linear Polarization - Circular Polarization - Crosspol or Copol - Parabolic dish - AGC - BUC - LNB Low Noise Block DownConverter - VSAT - Very Small Aperture Terminal
- - - - Where to buy - - - - Florida
- Yachtronics Inc - Johnson Electronics & Machinery - McLaughlin Marine Electronics - Commercial Marine Electronics - Electronics Unlimited - Digital Video Systems - High Seas Technology - Advanced Marine Systems - Great Circle Systems, Inc - Global Satellite US - Island Marine Electronics - Island Marine Services - Atlantic Radiotelephone, Inc - Avalon Marine Electronics - Concord Marine Electronics - Globe Wireless LLC - Langer Krell Marine Electronics - Mackay Communications - Martek - Miller Marine - Mil-Sat LLC - MTN Inc - Naval Electronics, Inc - Navatech Electronic Corp - Norwegian Marine Electronics - Offshore Connection Inc - Paradise Marine Inc - Radio Holland - Seamark Electronics - Sigma Marine - Sound Marine Electronics France
- 360 Marine Antigua
- The Signal Locker - Cap Greene - E3 Systems Monte Negro
- Y.E.S - Yacht Electronic Services
- - - - Inmarsat Fleet Broadband - - - - - - Fleet Broadband Terminals
Inmarsat
- - Inmarsat to offer 50Mbps Global Ka-Band VSAT - Inmarsat Selects iDirect for Global Xpress(TM) - Inmarsat buys Ship Equip
- - - - Iridium Openport - - - - - ASE ComCenter
- ComCenter II Outdoor Iridium Network
- LEO vs GEO
- - - - Handheld Satellite Phones - - - - - Inmarsat IsatPhone Pro - Iridium Handheld - Globalstar - TerreStar
- - - - Low Speed M2M Data - - - - - - EMS Global Tracking - M2M - ExactEarth AIS IsatM2M
Iridium data
- Cerberus from Briartek - Iridium Shout Nano Inmarsat C
- Inmarsat C Globalstar
- Globalstar M2M - Globalstar Spot - Globalstar Spot Connect - Iridium Handheld for Email and Data - Epirb - Spot - Globalstar LRIT
- LRIT- Long Range Identification and Tracking - CLS Thorium Iridium based LRIT - Faria WatchDog 750 Iridium LRIT - EMA Bluetraker LRIT via Iridium - Thuraya Seagull 5000i Orbcomm
- Orbcomm - SkyMate Email, Weather, Position and Vessel monitoring - Orbcomm Digi 10
- - - - Wired Ocean - - - - - Wired Ocean Hybrid Broadband
- - - - GSM at sea - - - - - Blue Ocean Wireless Ltd. - Zynetix - MCP - Marlink Call@sea - On Waves - AT&T 3G Microcell - Ubiquisys Femtocell - What is a Femtocell?
- - - - Emerging Technologies - - - - - OneWeb - SpaceX Satellite Constellation - Kymeta Flat panel VSAT antennas with no moving parts. - Ka-Band - Spaceway - O3b - Providing backbone links to the Other 3 billion - COMMStellation New Ka-Band Satellites
- ViaSat -1 - Yahsat 1A &1B - KA-Sat at 9E - Hylas 1 & 2 - Hughes Jupiter
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- SCADA - Supervisory Control and Data Aquisition - Glossary
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