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Maritime: Pleasure Craft

Planning on single-handing a Columbia 34 up the coast? Marlin fishing in the Florida Keys? Ferrying friends to that favorite island resort? Just about anywhere in this world you take your vessel, wouldn?t it be great to know you can pick up the GSP-1600 Portable Tri-Mode Satellite Phone and get in touch with friends or business associates hundreds or thousands of miles away, or get up to the minute weather updates? Unlike ship-to-shore radio, you won?t have to worry about eavesdroppers on your personal conversations. Plus you?ll enjoy greater clarity, convenience, and lower cost than ship-to-shore.

Satellite phones are a convenient, high quality, secure and cost-effective solution to help you communicate by voice and data up to 200 miles offshore. Think of your present communication system, then think of the possibilities with a more cost-effective satellite communication solution.

• Phone your family or friends to alert them to a change in plans. Contact a physician or other professional to talk you through an emergency situation.
  
  
• Stay in touch when you?re out at sea. Surf the Internet? by simply connecting a QUALCOMM Globalstar phone to a computer or PDA. Access the web for an update on your stocks or information on leisure activities at your next port of call.
  
  
• Send a storm alert when a sudden squall appears. With the Globalstar? Communications System you?ll always be informed immediately of shifts in the weather, technical problems or changes in plans. Use the satellite phone?s position location*, digital fax? or data capabilities?.
  
  
• Communicate no matter where you are. If you get off onto a smaller boat or go ashore, take the portable satellite phone with you.
  
  
• Keep your crew happy knowing they can stay in touch with family and friends.

Anywhere within range of a Globalstar Gateway, you'll have access to coastal and inland communications, because QUALCOMM portable satellite phones work as cellular phones where cellular coverage is available and as satellite phones where it isn't.

Portable Satellite Phone Usage

The GSP-1600 Portable Tri-Mode Satellite phone is ideal for boat operators who want the convenience of complete portability in addition to a cabin phone. Although it is designed to operate only on-deck with a full-sky-view rather than from an enclosed cabin, the GSP-1600 requires no installation, and also can be conveniently taken ashore or to another vessel. Some Globalstar distributors also sell a portable maritime kit which will allows the portable phone to be installed on a bulkhead or panel that is connected to an RAU. This way, the satellite phone can be used in the cabin or cockpit without sacrificing clarity or portability.

Data Capabilities

Data capabilities include QUALCOMM Globalstar satellite data? services that let you to access the Internet or any TCP/IP packet-switched data network when connected to a computer or PDA, and send and receive e-mail, access corporate data networks and intranets, web browsing, etc. Additional data capabilities include position location*, short messaging service (SMS)*, digital facsimile? and Caller ID*. Data transmission over-the-air is provided at full-duplex rates of up to 9600 bits per second, with no additional modem or dedicated telephone circuits required.

QUALCOMM Globalstar satellite phones are an economical, secure communication system on-board. Thanks to QUALCOMM's digital technology, what you say and hear will be crystal clear, and your data transmissions will be secure and reliable. Check out how a satellite phone works, get to know our portable and fixed satellite phones, and learn more about Globalstar satellite technology.