Ian Waugh - A Mariner\'s Guide to Marine Communications

registration. Points of contact for Cospas-Sarsat 406MHz beacon registration are listed in ALRS Vol. S. Registering your EPIRB w ...

are usually fitted at each side of the bridge/wheelhouse, for convenience when abandoning. GMDSS SARTs are designed to transmit ...

transmit for up to eight hours, provided that the battery is still in date and the SART has passed its regular monthly tests (se ...

a known distress position should use their radar on the 12-mile range for the initial SART detection, reducing the scale to (j m ...

Chapter 11 Power Supplies ONE OF THE JOBS THAT WILL PROBABLY FALL on the person designated i.e. - the Deck Officer with primary ...

which will convert the Alternating Current (AC) from the alternator into DC - normally set for a 24V system in most large vessel ...

radio/satcom equipment from the rectifier only whilst batteries are being maintained and/or prepared for testing. There will be ...

sulphuric acid {water and potassium hydroxide in NiCads} - you should be wearing protective clothing {gloves, goggles, etc.} whe ...

Use a normal, voice working frequency - avoiding 2182kHz and other emergency frequencies. Use the same frequency band each month ...

fuel must be adequate to keep the generator running, in emergency conditions, for the period specified for the vessel concerned ...

The 'person responsible 'should be able to carry out simple fault- finding procedures, including testing fuses and lamps removed ...

Chapter 12 Ship Radio Inspections ALL SOLAS VESSELS ARE SUB.JEC'T to a periodic (currently annual) ship radio inspection by a re ...

The Radio Station log is suitable and appropriate information has been correctly entered into the log. Books appropriate to the ...

Batteries: will be checked for sufficient capacity, security, acceptable location and that their internal condition is good (eit ...

VHF Ch70 DSC Watch Keeping Receiver(s} All VHF Ch 70 DSC watchkeeping receivers will be checked to ensure that: Type and serial ...

Position updating is available, and whether automatic or manual (passenger vessels must have automatic position updating). Autom ...

MF /HF Maritime Safety Information (MSI) Receiver{s) Where an MF/HF MSI receiver is fitted (additional to NAVTEX) it will be che ...

Satellite EPIRBs Each satellite EPIRB will be checked to confirm whether: Make, type and serial numbers are as previously record ...

Survival Craft hand-held VHF radiotelephone transceiver(s) Each survival craft hand-held VHF radio will be checked to confirm th ...

Ship Radio Survey - possible outcomes There are three possible outcomes for your Ship Radio Survey: I Everything will be in orde ...