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Radio Technical Commission For Maritime Services Annual Meeting April 29—May 1, Boston This year's Annual Assembly Meeting of the Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services (RTCM) will be held at the Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston, Tuesday, April 29 through Thursday, May 1. A Welcome Reception sponsored by the RTCM Booster Club will be held at 6:30 pm on April 28 for all registrants and their spouses. Only one formal luncheon will take place this year, at noon on April 29. Keynote speaker will be R. Bryssinck, president of Comite International Radio Maritime. Two historic tour programs have been planned. The bus tour on Tuesday will include highlights of Boston from Beacon Hill to the new City Hall, the waterfront area, Back Bay, Cambridge, and Faneuil Hall. On Wednesday the tour will follow the route of Paul Revere as he warned the countryside that the British were coming. It will also include Lexington Green, where Capt. Jonathan Parker and 77 Minutemen stood their ground against 700 of England's finest regu- lars, and the Old North Bridge where "the embattled farmers stood and fired the shot heard around the world." On both days participants may depart the tour at either Faneuil Hall at noon or the Copley Plaza at 12:15 pm. Tuesday, April 29 8 am to 4 pm—Registration desk open 9-10 am—Annual Business Meeting 10-10:15 am—Coffee Break 10:15-11:45 am—Session I Moderator: L.R. Raish, Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth "Survey of the National Ocean Service," by Paul M. Wolff, NOAA, U.S. Department of Com- merce. "Maritime Radio Regulation for the Eighties and Beyond," by Ray- mond A. Kowalski, Federal Com- munications Commission. "Radionavigation Systems Know No Boundaries—The Problems of International Coordination and Planning," by David C. Scull, Re- search and Special Programs Ad- ministration, Department of Trans- portation. "Transitioning Into the FGMDSS in the United States," by Capt. Robert E. Fenton, USCG, and Joseph D. Hersey Jr., U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Trans- portation. Noon-2:15 pm—Luncheon Keynote speaker: R. Bryssinck, president, Comite International Ra- dio Maritime. 2:30-3:35 pm—Session II Moderator: G.F. Hempton, Feder- al Communications Commission. "A Report on the April 1986 Ses- sion of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Radiocommu- nications Subcommittee," by Capt. Robert E. Fenton, USCG. "Recent Developments for Radio Communicators and Equipment Maintainers in the Future Global Maritime Distress and Safety Sys- tem (FGMDSS)," by William A. Luther, Federal Communications Commission. Panel Discussion on National and International Implementation of the FGMDSS. 3:35-3:50 pm—Coffee Break 3:50-5 pm—Session III Moderator: H.T. Blaker, Rockwell International. "The New Wave—Automatic Telex, Data and Digital Selective Calling Systems," by Saverio J. Berte, Radio-Holland U.S.A., B.V. "North European DSC Net- work—Scandinavian Approach," by Goste Bengtsson, Swedish Tele- com Radio. "A Demonstration of Digital Se- lective Calling Equipment," by Per Thrane, Thrane & Thrane A/S, Norway, and Saverio J. Berte, Radio-Holland U.S.A. Wednesday, April 30 8:30 am-12:30 pm—Registration desk open. 9-10:30 am—Session IV Moderator: Yaraslov Kaminsky, The Mitre Corporation. "The 1.6 GHz Satellite EPIRB System—Preparations for Preop- erational Demonstration," by Hans Kesenheimer, Dornier System GmbH, West Germany. "Current Status and Future of the COSPAS/SARSAT System," by James T. Bailey, National Envi- ronmental Satellite Data and Infor- mation Service, NOAA, Department of Commerce. "Interactive Distress Beacon for SARSAT," by Frederick J. Kis- sel, Westinghouse Electric Corpo- ration. "COSPAS/SARSAT SAR Per- formers," by Wayne A. 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