A guide to passing the operator's examination for the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS), which will be compulsory for ships over 300 tons as from February 1999. Apart from its most important task, that of life-saving, GMDSS will provide an international maritime system of instant commmunication, that will broadcast all types of safety, weather and navigational information on the high seas.
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This review is from: Gmdss Handbook : Understanding the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System : The New Marine Radio Communications System (Hardcover)
Excellent reference book for GMDSS system. Also used as a text book at the California Maritime Academy (for those of you wondering if this is the book he wants you to get).
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Informative book,
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This review is from: Gmdss Handbook : Understanding the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System : The New Marine Radio Communications System (Hardcover)
The book is informative and yet has wealth of details of GMDSS.
I recommend it for the people who are interested to GMDSS and IMO regulations.
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This is the Basic book of Satellite, Read this book will enable you to Study "MARS",
By Naseem Ahmed "niha's...." (Global) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Gmdss Handbook : Understanding the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System : The New Marine Radio Communications System (Hardcover)
"We are entering in new age of telecommunication., All industries and professions are using advanced technology. In the maritime, we know the importance of communication and its way like use of INMARSAT, AIS, ARPA, RADARS and other Radio equipments, like the same is GMDSS and MARS systems. I found very good information which i don't know yet.
Naseem Ahmed Chief Executive/Researcher/Writer/ Social worker Niha Merchant Marine Services [...] I also to recommend these books for additional knowledge and related equipments. Radar and ARPA Manual, Second Edition: Radar and Target Tracking for Professional Mariners, Yachtsmen and Users of Marine Radar GMDSS: A User's Handbook Newton's Telecom Dictionary, 24th Edition: Telecommunications, Networking, Information Technologies, The Internet GMDSS: A Guide for Global Maritime Distress Safety System-Second Edition GMDSS: A User's Handbook GM1600 GMDSS Portable for Survival Craft Multi-channel VHF GMDSS Survival Craft Radio ICOM GM-1500 HH GMDSS VHF GM-1500 Marine VHF Operation: GMDSS Edition The VHF GMDSS Handbook
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To enter the world of GMDSS is to enter a world of initials, acronyms and abbreviations. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
distress alert relay, enhanced group calling, compulsory vessels, coast station, distress traffic, maritime safety information, calling frequency, public correspondence, distressed vessel, distress message, safety channel, skip zone, skip distance, working channel, urgency call, emergency frequency, distress situation, distress working, urgency message, letter shift, safety call, emergency frequencies, nominal voltage, safety messages Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pan Pan, Enhanced Group Calling, Coast Guard, Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Medium Frequency, Amplitude Modulation, Digital Selective Calling, Maritime Mobile Service Identity, Telex Over Radio, International Maritime Organisation, Transmission of Routine, Audio Frequency, Forward Error Correction, Frequency Modulation, British Telecom, Land Earth Station, Marine Safety Information, Narrow Band Direct Printing, Network Co-ordination Station New!
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To enter the world of GMDSS is to enter a world of initials, acronyms and abbreviations. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
distress alert relay, enhanced group calling, compulsory vessels, coast station, distress traffic, maritime safety information, calling frequency, public correspondence, distressed vessel, distress message, safety channel, skip zone, skip distance, working channel, urgency call, emergency frequency, distress situation, distress working, urgency message, letter shift, safety call, emergency frequencies, nominal voltage, safety messages Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pan Pan, Enhanced Group Calling, Coast Guard, Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Medium Frequency, Amplitude Modulation, Digital Selective Calling, Maritime Mobile Service Identity, Telex Over Radio, International Maritime Organisation, Transmission of Routine, Audio Frequency, Forward Error Correction, Frequency Modulation, British Telecom, Land Earth Station, Marine Safety Information, Narrow Band Direct Printing, Network Co-ordination Station New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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