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{{Short description|Telecommunications network}}

In [[telecommunications]], a '''maritime broadcast communications net''' is a [[communications net]] that is used for international distress calling, including international lifeboat, lifecraft, and survival-craft [[high frequency]] (HF); aeronautical emergency [[very high frequency]] (VHF); survival [[ultra high frequency]] (UHF); international calling and safety very high frequency (VHF); combined scene-of-search-and-rescue; and other similar and related purposes. <ref name="Weik2012">{{cite book|author=Martin Weik|title=Communications Standard Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pVvSBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA557|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4613-0429-6|pages=557–}}</ref><ref name="Administration1997">{{cite book|author=National Telecommunication Information Administration|title=Telecommunications: Glossary of Telecommunications Terms|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xSa_AAAAQBAJ&pg=SL13-PA4|date=1 April 1997|publisher=Government Institutes|isbn=978-1-4617-3232-7|pages=13–}}</ref>

''Note:''  Basic international distress calling is performed at either [[medium frequency]] (MF) or at [[high frequency]] (HF).

== References ==
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==See also==
* [[500 kHz]]
* [[Distress frequency]]
* [[Global Maritime Distress Safety System]]

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