intership
adjEtymology From inter- + ship.
1
Between ships.
- While there is much experimental work yet to be done before the present system is reliable for intership communication, or before any two systems can work within the same field without each rendering the other useless, such progress has been made by the Government experimenters that, with no interference by private systems, stations can be successfully operated over at least 150 miles of coast line, and they are now in operation on the North Carolina and Virginia coasts, and soon will be instituted between the Farallone Islands and the mainland and Tatoosh Island and the mainland, on the Pacific coast.1901, Report of the Secretary of Agriculture,https://www.google.com/books/edition/Report_of_the_Secretary_of_Agriculture/eAtEAQAAMAAJ page 15
- VHF channels 2 and 5 are intership channels comparable to channel 40 and intended to be used in the same manner, but for distances of less than 50 miles.1955, Great Lakes and Inland Waterways, volumes 15-17, page 9:
2 more examples
- Calling must occur on the frequency 156.800 MHz and at least one appropriate intership frequency.1986 September 2, 47 CFR §80.115(a)(4)
- It may occasionally be necessary to call a vessel on channel 16 but the message should be passed on an intership channel.2008, Sara Hopkinson, VHF Afloat: