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- PART Athu or '· S Intra d' ucbon IV
- Chapter
- G MDSS Overview
- • Priority of communications
- Definitions
- G MDSS functions
- Radio and satellite communications equipment.
- Sea area of operation
- SAR Responsibility/ Search and Rescue (SRR) regions
- Questions from Chapter ship's main GMDSS equipment.. lO
- Chapter
- Maritime Safety Information (MSI)
- • Using SafetyNET
- Using NAVTEX
- Receiving MSI using marine VHF / SSB radio
- Radio-Facsimile (Weatherfax) services
- Chapter
- Radio Watch-keeping and voyage planning
- • Radio Log - what to include
- Equipment, channels and frequencies for the distress & safety watch
- Preparing for sea
- Voyage communications planning
- Chapter
- Routine Radio and Satellite Communications
- • Pilot, Vessel Traffic Services (YTS) and port communications
- Intership communications
- Intership communications - calling procedures
- Onboard communications
- Marine VHF and SSB radio 'PC' services.
- Calling procedure on HF RT channels
- Public Correspondence 'Telex Over Radio' (TOR) services
- TOR! ARQ communications
- Globe Wireless ARQlTOR services
- Globe e-mail service
- • Inmarsat PC telephone, fax and data services
- Using Inmarsat-C to send an Urgency message to a MRCC
- Urgent Medical Advice and Urgent Medical Assistance
- Urgent Medical Advice
- Safety (Securite) communications
- Dangers in the use of VHF radio in collision avoidance
- Automatic Identification Systems (AIS)
- Questions from Chapter
- Chapter
- The Marine VHF Radio Installation
- • The Marine VHF radio network
- Marine VHF radio installation, with DSC
- Power supply........
- VHF antennas and propagation
- Marine VHF radio - equipment operation and controls
- VHF DSC Controller - operation and controls
- Routine maintenance and checks
- Chapter
- Marine MF IHF SSB Radio
- • The Marine MF/HF SSB radio network
- The MF IHF SSB radio installation
- SSB radio operation and controls
- Power supply
- Routine maintenance and checks
- SSB antennas
- Antenna maintenance and checks
- Antenna radiation hazard
- MF IHF radio wave propagation
- Basic rules for ground wave propagation
- Basic rules for sky wave propagation
- Chapter
- Mobile Satellite Installations
- • The Inmarsat communications network
- Land Earth Stations (LES)
- Network Coordination Stations (NCS)
- Ship Earth Stations (SES)
- Inmarsat 'to'mobile' services
- Inmarsat services
- Satellite propagation
- Inmarsat-C installations
- Inmarsat-C operation and controls
- Local Area Network (LAN)
- Inmarsat-C 'Store and Forward' communications
- Logging-in to your chosen satellite
- • The Inmarsat Enhanced Group Call (EGC) service
- Address Book
- Position reporting/ polling
- Tests and checks for you Inmarsat-C installation Hi:
- Antenna radiation hazard (Inmarsat-C)
- Inmarsat-A and Inmarsat-B installations Hi
- Inmarsat-AlInmarsat-B telephone/telex procedures
- Satellite acquisition
- Antenna Radiation Hazard
- Inmarsat-A/Inmarsat-B equipment set-up
- Equipment tests and checks
- InmarsatAlB high speed data (HSD) service
- Call encryption (Inmarsat-BlInmarsat-M)
- Inmarsat-M and Mini-M services
- Inmarsat-M and Mini-M installations
- Equipment tests and checks
- High bandwidth 'multi-channel' satellite networks
- The multi-channel installation
- Equipment tests and checks
- Other mobile satellite systems - Iridium, Globalstar & Thuraya
- Chapter
- • The international NAVTEX network 1'J~~~ 1~()
- The NAVTEX installation
- Station/message selection
- Routine maintenance and checks
- Chapter
- EPIRBs and SARTs
- • EPIRBs
- The Cospas-Sarsat network
- Inmarsat EPIRBs
- Local homing on 121·5MHz
- EPIRB registration
- EPIRB installation, maintenance and checks
- Search and Rescue (radar) transponder (SART)
- SART detection by marine radar
- Routine maintenance and checks
- Chapter
- Power Supplies
- • Radio station main/ emergency power supply
- Regular checks and maintenance
- Battery compartment safety precautions
- Emergency generator
- Individual equipment fuses
- Hand-held VHF radio batteries/GMDSS hand-held VHF
- Chapter
- Ship Radio Inspections
- • Operating area
- Electricity supplies
- VHF radio telephone equipment...
- VHF DSC controllers/modems
- VHF Ch70 DSC watchkeeping receiver{s)
- MF /HF SSB radio installations 20:
- MF /HF DSC controllers/modems
- MF /HF DSC watchkeeping receiver(s)
- MF/HF Narrow Band Direct Printing (NBDP) telex equipment..
- NAVTEX receiver(s)
- MF/HF Maritime Safety Information (MSI) receiver(s)
- Enhanced Group Call (EGe) receiver(s)
- Inmarsat-C installation(s)
- Satellite EPIRBs
- Search and Rescue (radar) transponders (SART)
- Airband transceiver (passenger vessels)
- Survival Craft hand-held VHF radiotelephone transceiver(s)
- Fast Rescue Craft (FRe) helmets
- G PS position finding equipment...
- Navigation equipment
- Ship Radio Survey - possible outcomes
- l.1 SeaAreasAl/A2 FIGURES
- l.2 Sea Areas A3/ A4
- l.3 Search and Rescue Regions (SRR) NE Atlantic
- l.4 The main GMDSS infrastructure
- 2.1 International Nav/Met areas with Inmarsat footprints
- 2.2 Metarea 10 forecast areas
- 2.3 Australia coastal navigation warning areas
- 2.4 NAVTEX diagram - Southern Africa
- 3.1 NAVTEX diagram
- 3.2 HF DSC stations
- 4.1 Inmarsat global spot-beam coverage
- 4.2 Inmarsat - individual satellite spot-beam coverage
- 6.1 The marine VHF radio network
- 6.2 A marine VHF installation
- 6.3 VHF line of sight propagation
- 7.1 (a) MF /HF Distress and Safety services
- 7.1 (b) MF/HF commercial services
- 7.2 The MF /HF radio installation
- 7.3 Marine MF /HF SSB radio - schematic diagram
- 7.4 Whip antennas (alternative arrangements)
- 7.5 (a) Electrical energy radiation - vertical
- 7.5 (b) Electrical energy radiation - horizontal
- 7.6 Energy flows across the earth's surface
- 8.1 The Inmarsat satellite constellation
- 8.2 Inmarsat ground infrastructure
- 8.5 Inmarsat-A and Inmarsat-B installations ~:~
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- KIi Satellite acquisition - IOR Hi
- 8.7 Inmarsat-A, Inmarsat-B and Inmarsat-M antenna radiation hazard
- 8.8(a) Inmarsat worldwide coverage map
- 8.8(b) Mini-M coverage for individual satellites
- 8.9 Inmarsat-M and Mini-M installations
- 10 Multi-channel private satellite network
- Kl1 Globalstar service coverage
- 12 Thuraya coverage map
- 9.1 The NAVTEX network
- 9.2 The NAVTEX installation
- 9.3 Co-axial cable
- 10.1 Cospas-Sarsat satellite constellation
- 10.2 Cospas-Sarsat approximate GEOSTAR coverage
- 10 .3 SART deployment
- 10.4 SART transmissions on approaching vessel's radar screen
- ILl Ship radio station power supply system
- 11.2(a) Cartridge and bayonet fuses
- 11.2(b) Using a multi-meter to test fuses/ lamps
- App IV.l a) 1 cycle-per-second (1Hz); b) 2 cycles-per-second (2Hz)
- App IX.! Regions 1,2 and 3 and tropical zones
- Glossary of Terms GLOSSARY
- I Distress, Urgency and Safety definitions and explanations APPENDICES
- 11 Phonetic Alphabet, Morse Code and Procedure Words
- III GMDSS equipment for Sea Areas AI, A2, A3 and A4
- IV Marine radio and satellite frequency spectrum
- V Vessel identification (radiO and satellite services)
- VI Medical Advice - CIRM message format
- VII Action in the first RCC to receive a Distress Alert
- VIII Daily, weekly and monthly tests and checks
- IX Frequencies for use in the GMDSS
- X Radio Watch summary
- XI Voyage Communications Plan pro-forma
