Part One Basic Knowledge of GMDSS Communications
Chapter 1 Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)
1.1 GMDSS Overview
1.2 Carriage Requirements of Stations
1.3 Licences, Radio Safety Certificates Inspections and Surveys
1.4 Test of Radio Equipment
Extended Training Exercise
Chapter 2 Distress, Urgency and Safety Communications
2.1 GMDSS General Provisions
2.2 Distress Frequencies
2.3 Distress Communications
2.4 Urgency and safety Communications
2.5 Search and Rescue Transponders (SARTS)
Extended Training Exercise
Chapter 3 Satellite Communication Services
3.1 Inmarsat General Provisions
3.2 Inmarsat Communication Servicest
3.3 Inmarsat Traffic Accounting and Billing Arrangements
3.4 COSPAS—SARSAT SYSTEM
Extended Training Exercise
Chapter 4 Maritime Mobile Service
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Basic Knowledge of Radio Wave
4.3 Classification of Modulations
4.4 Introduction of Digital Selective Calling (DSC)
4.5 Narrow Band Direct Printing (NBDP)
4.6 Maritime Mobile Radio Telephone
Extended Training Exercise
Chapter 5 Maritime Safety Information in the GMDSS
5.1 Introduction
5.2 World Wide Navigational Warning Service
5.3 The General Structure of Radio Navigational Warnings
5.4 The General Structure of Weather Forecasts
5.5 NAVTEX
5.6 Inmarsat—C Enhanced Group Call (EGC)
5.7 Radio Facsimile
Extended Training Exercise
Chapter 6 Ship Reporting Systems
6.1 General Provisions
6.2 Amver Ship Reporting System
6.3 West European Tanker Reporting System (WETREP)
6.4 Ship Reporting Systems in Australian
6.5 China Ship Reporting System
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Part Three Key to the Exercises
Key to Part One
Key to Part Two
Appendix 1 Article 1 of Radio Regulations
Introduction
Section Ⅰ——General terms
Section Ⅱ Specific terms related to frequency management
Section Ⅲ Radio services
Section Ⅳ——Radio stations and systems
Section Ⅴ Operational terms
Section Ⅵ—— Characteristics of emissions and radio equipment
Section Ⅶ Frequency sharing
Section Ⅷ——Technical terms relating to space
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