July 1977	VOLUME 2	NUMBER 3	IJOEDY	(ISSN 0364-9059)

 SPECIAL ISSUE ON Maritime communications

NONTECHNICAL CONTENT
		Front cover and table of contents
		Back cover
GUEST EDITORIAL
Joseph J. Fee and John J. Renner		Guest editorial		213
PAPERS
Alton J. Daley		HF radio marine telex		215
Thijs de Haas		Digital selective calling and direct printing techniques in the mobile maritime service		218
Harvey Strichartz		The skilled radio officer: Key resource for at-sea maintainability		223
John J. Renner		VHF maritime mobile communications: A systems approach to serving user requirements		229
J. D. Parker		European view of automated VHF/UHF radio systems--Marine spectrum usage alternatives and trends		239
Samuel W. Halpern		A study of environmental constraints in the coastal harbor radiotelephone system		242
Robert L. Armacost		A queing system approach for the design of coast guard vessel traffic services communications		255
Mitsuru Komura, Yutaka Yoneoka, Shozo Nishimura, and Nobuaki Tsujioku		New automated maritime telephone system		263
Roy M. LaRosa		Maritime satellite requirements and utilization		267
Aaron Weinberg, Yaroslav Kaminsky, and Feisal Keblawi		A novel concept for a satellite-based maritime search and rescue system		274
James L. Baker		Sailboat search and rescue experiment		285
Harry A. Feigleson		The maritime radio spectrum future		291
Robert C. McIntyre		The FCC-Regulation of the marine radio service		295
Dennis Bodson and Robert M. Fenichel		Development of a federal standard to enhance interoperability of government maritime mobile telecommunications		301