Part One Basic Knowledge of GMDSS Communications 1
Chapter 1 Global Maritime Distress and Safety System(GMDSS) 2
1.1 GMDSS Overview 2
1.2 Carriage Requirements of Stations 5
1.3 Licences,Radio Safety Certificates Inspections and Surveys 7
1.4 Test of Radio Equipment 7
Extended Training Exercise 8
Chapter 2 Distress,Urgency and Safety Communications 25
2.1 GMDSS General Provisions 25
2.2 Distress Frequencies 26
2.3 Distress Communications 29
2.4 Urgency and safety Communications 44
2.5 Search and Rescue Transponders(SARTS) 47
Extended Training Exercise 49
Chapter 3 Satellite Communication Services 65
3.1 Inmarsat General Provisions 65
3.2 Inmarsat Communication Services 70
3.3 Inmarsat Traffic Accounting and Billing Arrangements 75
3.4 COSPAS-SARSAT SYSTEM 78
Extended Training Exercise 83
Chapter 4 Maritime Mobile Service 99
4.1 Introduction 99
4.2 Basic Knowledge of Radio Wave 100
4.3 Classification of Modulations 102
4.4 Introduction of Digital Selective Calling(DSC) 103
4.5 Narrow Band Direct Printing(NBDP) 112
4.6 Maritime Mobile Radio Telephone 118
Extended Training Exercise 129
Chapter 5 Maritime Safety Information in the GMDSS 145
5.1 Introduction 145
5.2 World Wide Navigational Warning Service 150
5.3 The General Structure of Radio Navigational Warnings 152
5.4 The General Structure of Weather Forecasts 154
5.5 NAVTEX 156
5.6 Inmarsat-C Enhanced Group Call(EGC) 165
5.7 Radio Facsimile 172
Extended Training Exercise 177
Chapter 6 Ship Reporting Systems 193
6.1 General Provisions 193
6.2 Amver Ship Reporting System 193
6.3 West European Tanker Reporting System(WETREP) 200
6.4 Ship Reporting Systems in Australian 206
6.5 China Ship Reporting System 209
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Part Three Key to the Exercises 345
Key to Part One 346
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Appendix 1 Article 1 of Radio Regulations 352
Introduction 352
Section Ⅰ—General terms 352
Section Ⅱ—Specific terms related to frequency management 353
Section Ⅲ—Radio services 353
Section Ⅳ—Radio stations and systems 357
Section Ⅴ—Operational terms 360
Section Ⅵ—Characteristics of emissions and radio equipment 362
Section Ⅶ—Frequency sharing 365
Section Ⅷ—Technical terms relating to space 366
Appendix 2 368