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LWE LightWeight Ethernet
M
MKD Minimum Keyboard Display
MMSI MMSI Maritime Mobile Service Identity. A series of nine digits
which are sent in digital form over a radio frequency channel in
order to uniquely identify ship stations, ship earth stations,
coast stations, coast earth stations, and group calls. These
identities are formed in such a way that the identity or part
thereof can be used by telephone and telex subscribers
connected to the general telecommunications network to call
ships automatically.
MPE Maximum Permissible Emission
N
NMEA National Marine Electronics Association (standard). A combined
electrical and data specification for communication between
marine electronic devices such as echo sounder, sonars,
anemometer (wind speed and direction), gyrocompass,
autopilot, GPS receivers and many other types of instruments.
It has been defined by, and is controlled by, the U.S.-based
National Marine Electronics Association.
P
PI Presentation Interface
R
RAIM Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring. Integrity check of
the position.
RF Radio Frequency
ROT Rate Of Turn
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