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

(iii) Shore GMDSS facilities/Alternative facilities The A 11 A2 areas on leaving Las Palmas cover the Spanish SRR (for our route ...

Systems section) shows a Ship Reporting System to be operational in the UK only. That 'MAREP' system is voluntary and only appli ...

Voyage Communications Plan (Las Palmas to Reykjavik) A voyage communications plan - like the example below - can be written-up p ...

Leaving Las Palmas bound Reykjavik - Sample Log Your DSC Distress Watch commences on departure from any port. It would be pruden ...

HF DSC on 8474. 5kHz and one other HF frequency; or lnmarsat EGC (SafetyNET) watch (as already shown in the log, above) (enter y ...

ALRS Vol. 5 (HF DSC Stations for Sea Areas A3/ A4) shows HF DSC stations in South Africa (Cape Town Radio) and Australia (Perth ...

Voyage Communications Plan (Durban (RSA) to Fremantle (Australia)) Departure Port: Durban. Calling; Working Channel(s). .. Hi; 1 ...

number in ALRS Vol. 6) and confirm the correct procedure. That will be less expensive than having to layoff for a day or two on ...

PART 2 Communication procedures THIS PA RT OF THE GUIDE identifies which radio/satellite communications equipment may be used, a ...

Chapter 4 ROUTINE RADIO/SATElLITE COMMUNICATIONS ROUTINE COMMUNICATIONS ARE CONDuerED on both GMDSS and non- GMDSS equipment. Ro ...

When you are bound for a particular port, and expected, you may receive instructions on how/when to contact the Port/Pilot stati ...

Pilots, Ports and YTS -Example 1 - Genova, Italy (no YTS/Reporting system) Pilots and Port (The entry starts by listing the Tele ...

Author's explanation: (i) we need to call 'Pilote Brest' (ii) The preferred callingfrequency is Ch 72 VHF (frequencies listed to ...

Pilots, Ports and YTS - Example 3 - Port Castries (St Lucia with VHF and MF (SSB Radio) service) Call: Frequency: Hours: Procedu ...

Question: I have checked the ALRS Vo!. 6 entry for a port we expect to visit shortly and, although 'Frequency' and 'Procedures' ...

Channels 06, 8, 7'2 and 77 are the only channels which are exclusively intership, and not also available for use in 'Port Operat ...

acknowledge your DSC Call, also by DSC, accepting or changing the working channel!frequency. (There's no point in you going to t ...

Onboard communications The notes referring to the VHF 'Table of Transmitting frequencies , in ALRS show that two of the 'intersh ...

Many Marine (VHF/SSB) Radio services are now provided through 'remote' systems - controlled from a central site - and others are ...

in many countries have been discontinued now that the GMDSS is implemented) ; RT (MF) services: Public Correspondence (PC) Radio ...