Simple, easy-to-use E-mail & Weather FAX on your boat using your marine SSB or Ham Radio, & a Pactor-II/III Modem.

DockSide Radio is committed to making sure your SSB and e-mail system is working properly, and that you understand how to setup and use your SSB & modem.

Key Downloads

product
the PTC-IIIusb modem

Smaller: 5"w x 1³/₄"H x 5¹/₂"D
Cheaper: $100 less than PTC-IIusb
quality: still the same great reliability & performance

Pactor Modem Firmware Update
(always free)

Pactor-4,
PTC-III/IIusb Windows Driver
(new 30 April 2012)

ICOM SSB
Channel Guide/Listing

Temporary FCC
Operators Permit

If you have an "older" Pactor modem bring it current by updating the firmware:

version 4.0
Firmware update
(All Modem Models)

Updating instructions begin on page 63 of the Sailors Quick-Start Guide to Sailmail / Airmail / WL2K

Create a temporary folder on your computer
Click on the download link below and save the zipped driver in the temporary folder
Unzip the .zip driver file

Windows 7, VISTA, XP driver Ver. 2.8.024 for all SCS Pactor4, Pactor-III, Pactor-II modems with a USB interface

Installing the updated driver

Power modem ON. Go to:
Control Panel
Device Manager
Ports. Com & LPT
SCS PTC Modem
Update Driver
Browse my Computer to..."
Navigate to unzipped driver
Follow prompts.

M802

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FCC form 605
Schedule F

Temporary Operator Permit for the Ship, Aircraft, & Restricted Radiotelephone

Keep this temporary permit, and any documentation DSR sends to you, available for inspection until the original license's arrive.

Order yours today

M710

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Dealer

Click here for M802 pricing, or to order

Included in your radio kit; The Sailors Quick-Start Guide to SSB Installation & Operation, shows you how to plan, install, & communicate with your Icom M802, M710, & M700Pro.

A DSR Exclusive!

Pactor Modems

The SCS family of nodems consists of the P4DR-7800, PTC-IIIusb, PTC-IIusb, and legacy models (PtcIIPro, PTCex, PTCe, And PTC-II. Radio Modem (used by Sailmail & Winlink). To learn about the differences in modem models click here, or call DSR at 941.661.4498.

Every Pactor modem kit includes a copy of the Sailors' Quick-Start Guide to Sailmail / Airmail / Winlink2000, & 1-hour tech support.
Only at DockSide Radio!

Click here for modem kit pricing, or to order

ADSP filter module to your Icom M802

Eliminate annoying SSB static, white noise, and hiss with an ADSP
(Audio Digital Signal Processing) module for your M802.
Computerized noise elimination for your ears

To learn about plug-in noise eliminating solutions, and to hear actual off-the-air recordings
click here.

FCC Radio Licenses

24-48 hour turnaround of FCC Marine & Aeronautical Radio License applications.

Free up your time by having DockSide Radio electronically file for your aeronautical/marine radio licenses.

Click here for more info and one-page License Worksheet.

- The Sailors' Quick-Start Guide -
to
SailMail, AirMail, & Winlink
Airmail Ver 3.4.xxx
for
Windows 7 - Windows Vista - Windows XP
32 & 64-bit versions

If you're new to Sailmail, this is the guide for you. Since it's first publishing in 2002, The Sailors Quick-Start Guide to Sailmail/Airmail/Winlink2000 is the only guide that walks you step-by-step through the process of downloading, installing, and configuring Airmail. It quickly gets you started sending/receiving e-mail, and receiving WeatherFAX.

To learn more look at the Table of Contents by clicking here.

Covers AirMail Ver 3.4.xxx
for 32 & 64-bit
Windows 7 - Vista - XP - 2000

$25.95* + $3.00 US/Canada Postage

Also available from: DownWind Marine, Sea Breeze Books.
European customers can order their copy online from SCS - (the Pactor modem manufacturer), in Germany.

- The Sailors' Quick-Start Guide -
to
SSB Installation & Operation
Second Edition
Learn in non-technical terms how to install & operate your Icom M802, M710, M700Pro single sideband radio.

If you're new to SSB Radio, if you're doing your own installation, if you want to understand your SSB system, the $17.95 Quick-Start Guide to SSB Installation and Operation is for you.

No fluff
Just practical, understandable, actionable, information.
To learn more look at the Table of Contents by clicking here.

$17.95* + $2.80 US/Canada Postage

EST/EDT

Warranty & Returns Policy

UTC/GMT/Zulu

Cruising Radio Nets: Click here for the latest listing of cruising net times & frequencies.	Weather FAX: Click here to download the latest Atlantic, Carribbean, Gulf of Mexico, & Pacific WeatherFAX maps.	SSB Simplex Channels & Frequencies: Click here for a complete list of marine SSB simplex channels and frequencies.