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AAICAccounting
Authority Identification Code | |
ADRS Admiralty Digital Radio Signals. | |
AISAutomatic
Identification System | |
AIS–SART AIS Search and Rescue Transmitter. | |
ALRS Admiralty List of Radio Signals. | |
Amp The short–form term for ampere. A measurement of electrical current in a circuit, commonly called an ‘amp’. One ampere is a certain number of electrons passing by the point of measurement in one second. Symbol for ampere(s) is A. | |
AMSA Australian Maritime Safety Authority. | |
AMVER Automated Mutual–Assistance Vessel Rescue System. AMVER is a computer–based voluntary global ship reporting system used worldwide by search and rescue authorities to arrange assistance to persons in distress at sea. It is sponsored by the United States Coast Guard. | |
ANSWERBACK A string of telex characters which uniquely identify an individual telex machine or terminal. It can be sent from a telex terminal via the ‘HERE IS’ command, and requested from another telex machine via the ‘WRU?’ (Who are you?) command. | |