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What year was the first official naval radio message sent from ship toshore
1899
What year was the first radiotelephone used between ships?
1916
In what year were the first super-heterodyne receivers installed in thefleet?
1931
In what year were the first successful radio teletypewriter transmissionsbetween ships completed?
1944
In what year did the first successful use of radiophoto (facsimile)occur?
1945
What refers to communications over a distance and includes anytransmission, emission, or reception of signs, signals, writings, images, orsounds?
Telecommunications
What is the most important method the Navy has of communicatingbetween widely separated forces?
Radio
What was the first means of radio communications that had militaryand commercial importance?
Radiotelegraphy
Line-of-sight characteristics limit the usual range of radiotelephonefrom how many miles?
20 to 25
The Navy uses radio teletypewriter (rtty) mainly for high-speedautomatic communications across ocean areas and has a normal speed ofoperation of how many words per minute?

100

What is the process used to transmit photographs, charts, and othergraphic information electronically?

Facsimile (fax)

What is a combination of sets, units, assemblies, subassemblies, andparts joined together to perform a specific operational function or severalfunctions?

System

What consists of a unit or units and the assemblies, subassemblies,and parts connected or associated together to perform a specific function?

Set

What is a collection of units, assemblies, subassemblies, and parts?

Group

What is an assembly or any combination of parts, subassemblies, andassemblies mounted together?

Unit

What is a number of parts or subassemblies, or any combinationthereof, joined together to perform a specific function?

Assembly

What is one component or two or more components joined together?

Part

What is the frequency range for the extremely high frequency (EHF)band?

30 GHZ - 300 GHz

What is the frequency range for the super high frequency (SHF) band?

3 GHZ - 30 GHz

What is the frequency range for the ultra high frequency (UHF) band?

300 MHZ - 3 GHz

What is the frequency range for the very high frequency (VHF) band?

30 MHZ - 300 MHz

What is the frequency range for the high frequency (HF) band?

3 MHZ - 30 MHz

What is the frequency range for the medium frequency (MF) band?

300 KHZ - 3 MHz

What is the frequency range for the low frequency (LF) band?

30 KHZ - 300 KHz

What is the frequency range for the very low frequency (VLF) band?

3 KHZ - 30 KHz

What is the frequency range for the extremely low frequency (ELF)band?

Up to 300 Hz

What band has the ability to penetrate ocean depths to several hundredfeet with little signal loss?

ELF

What type of transmission is normally considered a broadcast, that is,one-way transmission, no reply required?

VLF

What systems are established to communicate over long- distancetrunks or links between fixed terminals?

Point-to-point

What is normally a message circuit between two points that are bothswitching centers or individual message distribution points?

Trunk

What is a transmitter-receiver system connecting two locations?
Link