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title: Blue Water Cruising Communications Guide
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# Blue Water Cruising Communications Guide

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Live Connected  
***Offshore yet smiling with the confidence of HF, VHF, and/or satellite connections to family, friends, safety and perhaps even...work!*

Want to know more about communications at sea for blue water cruisers and off shore boating?

 Download Staying in Touch Offshore. It's the free GMN Guide to Blue Water Cruising Communications: How to stay in touch with the family, friends and information you need through radio and satellite voice, email and Internet services while at sea - a fast, fun and friendly overview.  
     
 In it you will learn:

- How to stay in touch with friends, family and business while on the water.
- The benefits and limitations of HF/VHF Radios and Satellite Phones.
- Comparisons of HF Radios and Satellite Phones.
- Using satellite data services for email, web and weather.
- Sample handheld satellite phone and broadband systems that meet crusiers'ocean-going needs.

This clear, straightforward paper describes options in terms of real life communication needs at sea.

Here's the contents:

- Offshore...Yet in Touch
- Types of Communications
- Radio Communications
- Satellite Communications
- Satellite Services
- Satellite Phone Email Service
- Web Browsing
- Weather/oceanographic Data
- Satellite Equipment
- Handheld Sampe Setup
- Further Information

Fill out the form on your right and download the paper to read now or at your future convenience.

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