The Global
Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) Long Range Certificate is a higher
level certificate to the Short Range Certificate and allows you to operate on
any marine MF/HF/VHF frequency/channel and Inmarsat satellite from on-board
your yacht. We keep the technical stuff to a minimum and concentrate on the
practical use of equipment. Knowledge of Morse code is not required.
The GMDSS Long Range Certificate is an ideal course for the off-shore
and ocean sailor or blue water and commercial yachtsmen who are looking for
long range communications.
Topics covered: -
- SSB communications
- Frequencies and radio propagation
- SSB installation
- Controls of an SSB set
- Practical use of equipment
- Email & WeatherFAX
- RadioTelephone, Intership & link
calls
- VHF communications
- Digital Selective Calling (DSC)
- MF/HF/VHF DSC
- Distress, Safety and Routine Calling
- Ships licence and radio regulations
- Voice procedures
- Maydays, Pan-Pans, Intership calls etc.
- NAVTEX
- Martine Safety Information (MSI)
broadcasts
- Coverage, stations and categories
- Emergence Positioning Indication Radio Beacons
(EPIRB)
- Search & Rescue radar Transponders (SART)
- Satellite Communication
- Satellite phone overview
- Inmarsat-C (International Marine Satellite)
- NavAreas
- Distress, safety & routine
messaging
- EGC SafetyNet
To cover all the above and give students time to
revise for the exam, we have found that it is prudent to run this course over 3
days with the exam on the 4th day.
The agenda for each day is as
follows
| Day 1 - |
Radio
propagation, frequencies, SSB and VHF operation, GMDSS, Navtex, EPIRB,
SART |
| Day 2 - |
Digital
Selective Calling, regulations, radio procedures. |
| Day 3 - |
Inmarsat
Satellite & EGC SafetyNET, pre-exam exercises. |
| Day 4 - |
Revision,
course conclusion and exam. |
Pre-course study
Pre-course study
recommended and good reading on the subject can be found in publication GMDSS A
User's Handbook Third Edition - ISBN 0-7136-7856-9.
To help you study,
YachtCom has produced a PC software pre-course learning study
package.
The Instructor
The instructor's name is Bob Smith,
who is a keen sailor with his own 32 feet sailing yacht. Bob as logged 1000s of
sea miles in the Mediterranean, Caribbean and North European waters. Bob has a
technical background in radio communications and has a full UK radio amateur
radio licence. |
Course Enquiry
and Dates
Pre-course knowledge:
- Pre-course study recommended.
Pre-course study
- GMDSS A User's Handbook Third Edition
- YachtCom's ONLINE LRC software package
Duration:
- 4 days
start 09:00 finish by 18:00 each day, except last day when should be finished
by 16:00.
Equipment used during course includes :-
- ICOM M801E SSB transciever
- ICOM M710 SSB transceiver
- FURUNO FS-1550 SSB transceiver
- ICOM IC-M501 VHF transceiver
- ICOM IC-M601 VHF DSC transceiver
- ICS Electronics DSC2 DSC class 'A' DSC unit
- ICS NAV 4 plus navtex receiver
- NASA NAVTEX receiver
- EPIRB and SART
- Inmarast-C simulator
Application
and user notes
The following notes are available to YachtCom LRC
students :-
- SSB station and frequency listing
- SSB Radio Propagation
- Receiving Shortwave
- Icom M801 & Icom M802 user guide
- Guide to Installing SSB onboard a yacht
- SSB and SailMail troubleshooting guide
These notes are available free of charge during the
course.
Student Numbers
Student numbers are kept to a maximum
of 6 students per course, so early booking is advised.
Course
enrolment
To enrol please phone 01489 565100. Payment can be made over
the phone by all major debit and credit cards.
Course location:
The course takes place in our permanently equipped training
studio at Lowford, Bursledon, Hampshire, close to the River Hamble.
What to bring
Bring along your PC so we can set you up with
SSB email,HF Propagation and weatherfax software.
On the day of the exam,
candidates must bring along 2 current passport size photographs of themselves
and a cheque made payable to 'AMERC Limited NAC (GMDSS)' for £83.
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