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TESTS, CERTFICATES, NINE FUNCTIONS,
POSITION
REPORTING,
AAIC, ALRS VOLUME,
EPIRB
FALSE ALERT CANCELLATION
BATTERY TEST
- ON/OFF LOAD CHECK – Daily
- CAPACITY TEST – Yearly
VHF DSC TEST
- SELF TEST – Daily
- TEST with another VHF DSC of own vessel
- TEST with another ship
MF HF DSC TEST
Live
Test with CRS/MRCC on any of HF DSC Distress frequency -weekly
(SELF
TEST – Daily Test)
EPIRB TEST
(SELF
TEST)
1.
MONTHLY
TEST
2.
Annual
Test at SBM
3.
When
a new EPIRB is provided, Test should be conducted on board.
Annual Test by SBM
Every
year EPIRB should be tested at SBM.
We
can check the annual service date in the EPIRB LABEL.
SBM
will issue a annual service TEST CERTIFICATE.
This
should also be made in log entry.
Every Two years,
HRU
should be replaced with a new HRU.
HRU validity is two years.
SART TEST:
1.
MONTHLY
TEST on board – (at sea maintenance)
2.
Annual
Test – at SBM
3.
SELF
TEST ( need not tell, unless examiner asked about this)
GMDSS VHF TEST
- Monthly Test
- Annual Test – Test at SBM
CERTFICATES
- SHIP RADIO STATION license/ SHIP Radio Station License issued by Ministry Of Communications – In INDIA
With Renewal license
Ship name, call sign, MMSI, SAT ID,
selcal ID if they use NBDP,
Operating equipments, frequencies
using, emissions, power out put
- GOC operator’s license - issued by Ministry Of Communications – In INDIA
With renewal license
GOC operator’s name and his details
- CARGO and SHIP SAFETY RADIO certificate – issued by classification society
- EPIRB, SART and GMDSS VHF annual Test certificate – issued by SBM
- EPIRB registration certificate – issued by MCC
- LRIT, AIS TEST certificate
- BATTERY CAPACITY TEST REPORT
(Related questions to certificates and
licences to be discussed with a copy of certificates)
- GMDSS RADIO LOG BOOK
- RADIO TARIFF BOOK
- ITU MANUAL for the use by MMS and MMS
- ITU LIST of COAST STATIONS
- ITU LIST of SHIP STATIONS and CALL SIGNS
- ITU LIST of RADIO DETERMINATION and SPECIAL SERVICES
- ALRS VOLUMES – 1 to 8 – not mandatory
- IAMSAR MANUAL – volume 3
- User and Technical manuals of equipments
NINE
FUNCTIONS – GMDSS REQUIREMENTS
1.
Distress
alerting – ship to shore – EPIRB, DSC, INMARSAT
2.
Distress
alerting – shore to ship – DSC, SafetyNET and NAVTEX
3.
Distress
alerting – ship to ship - VHF CH 16 and CH 13, VHF DSC and MF HF DSC
4.
SAR
communication – ships , shore (MRCC/CRS) and SAR aircraft
5.
On
scene communication
6.
Locating
– SART
7.
Transmission
and Reception of MSI – NAVTEX and EGC (safetyNET)
8.
GENERAL
RADIO COMMUNICATION – mf hf transceiver, VHF and INMARSAT
9.
Bridge
to Bridge communication - VHF
EPIRB
FALSE ALERT CANCELLATION
How to
stop continuous transmission of EPIRB?
If manually activated:
Pull
back the switch to OFF position, put the locking pin
If automatically activated:
Wipe
out the sea water contact screw with cotton cloth
(Dry
the sea water contact screw)
If EPIRB can not be retrieved:
EPIRB
will stop transmission after 48 hours
we
can inform RCC
you have retrieved EPIRB. But you can
not stop the continuous transmission
of EPIRB. What will you do?
Remove
the battery.
EPIRB
has two halves. Upper half and lower half. Unscrew the joining screws.
Battery
in the lower half.
OR
Fully
cover EPIRB with an aluminium tin foil sheet. No transmission will be sent out
from the aluminium tin foil cover (Protection)
EPIRB
FALSE ALERT CANCELLATION through TEERESTRIAL communication
In SEA AREA A4:
CONTACT
CRS on HF or MF (depends on the distance)
On
voice – MF or HF
Give
the cancellation message to CRS and request them to forward the cancellation
message to RCC
RCC
phone numbers are available in the ALRS VOLUME 5 – SAR pages
(If
you can contact RCC through terrestrial, you can convey the cancellation
message)
(Example:
VLADIVOSTAK/MURMANSK –RUSSIA)
