Shipboard and satellite-aided communications equipment in exhibition

Information is presented on features of Soviet developments that were shown in a exhibition, New Communications Apparatus and Equipment, which opened at the USSR Exhibition of National Economic Achievements in Moscow. Particular attention is devoted to equipment intended for the international KOSPAS-SARSAT system for locating ships and airplanes in distress and for other satellite-aided communications systems. Mention is made also of a shipboard radio set called Angara. It is produced in two variants: the Angara-RBI, which is intended for seagoing vessels, and the Angara RA, which is intended for floating power plants and river vessels of the Meteor and other types. The Angara is described as a compact, fourth-generation radio set with a memory and a microcomputer, which permits the automatic scanning of eight call channels. The power consumption of the Angara is low, and it is capable of transferring automatically to battery power supply if necessary.