ShipCom LLC

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The following outlines the various services offered by ShipCom. These services may be billed to Visa, MasterCard, Discover or American Express. For more information call ShipCom at (251) 666-5110 or the Shipcom Marine Operator at (800) 654-5497 or from your vessel on any of ShipCom's channels. Voice ShipCom is the United States only 24 hour provider of HF SSB radiotelephone and VHF radiotelephone Ship to Shore voice service. ShipCom stations WLO WCL KLB and KNN are all remotely controlled from Mobile, Alabama where operators are on duty 24 hours per day 7 days per week for radiotelephone Ship to Shore and Shore to Ship calls. The ShipCom operators can provide vessels with weather information and are always available should an emergency ever arise while you are at sea. Using ShipCom is simple. Simply tune your radio to the appropriate channel as listed on our frequencies page. Call one of the ShipCom stations by depressing your microphone and saying WLO WLO WLO this is the M/V MyShip calling on channel 824. The operator will ask you for your position and will optimize the radio circuit before placing your call. For Shore to Ship calls, the calling party should give the operator the name of the vessel and radio callsign. ShipCom will broadcast a list of vessels that we are holding calls for at the top of each hour following the weather broadcast. Email ShipCom provides radio email service via HF SSB radio. The ShipCom system supports SITOR, AMTOR, PACTOR and PACTOR II. No special software is needed to access the ShipCom email system. Vessels equipped with GMDSS HF SITOR may send email via the ShipCom system using the SITOR TELEX terminal. Special software now enables crew members on any vessel to setup an account with ShipCom which will allow them to access Internet email via the ship's SITOR TELEX system without any charges being incurred by the vessel. Vessels equipped with Pactor and Pactor II modes of transmission enjoy faster throughput and the full ascii character set. The ShipCom email system also offers weather, news and sports information. ShipCom does an hourly FEC broadcast on each of the simplex channels listed under frequencies. This broadcast may be used for tuning purposes and to determine which ShipCom frequency provides the best signal. To access the ShipCom email system, simply tune your radio to the appropriate frequency as found under frequencies on this web site. For SITOR/AMTOR modes place an ARQ call to 1090 (XVSV). For Pactor modes, Pactor call WLO-1. Vessels must be registered with ShipCom in order to send and receive email and weather information. Operators are available 24 hours daily for assistance if required. Type OPR to access the ShipCom operator. Fax Vessels using ShipCom's SITOR or Pactor systems may send text messages to any fax machine world wide. Messages are composed on the ship's SITOR terminal and are sent to any fax machine using the send fax command. While it is possible to send a fax message from Shore to Ship on suitably equipped vessels, ShipCom does not recommend this practice as delivery is usually difficult and the sender is charged for failed delivery attempts.

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