| This half-day
course is aimed at yachtsmen who hold a VHF restricted operator's certificate
and wish to update it to the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)
Short Range Certificate.
Click here if you do not have an VHF restricted
operator's certificate
Topics covered: -
- VHF DSC (Digital Selective Calling)
- Distress, Safety and Routine Calling
- MMSI (Maritime Mobile Service Identity)
numbers
- NAVTEX
- MSI (Martine Safety Information)
broadcasts
- Stations
- Portable safety equipment
- EPIRB (Emergence Positioning Indication Radio
Beacons)
- SARTs (Search & Rescue radar
Transponders)
Pre-course study
To help you come to
terms with GMDSS, YachtCom has produced a PC Simulator program that is based on
the DSC system outlined in the RYA publication VHF Radio (inc GMDSS) VHF
G22/02.
Equipment used during the course includes :-
- Icom IC-M421 VHF DSC marine transceiver.
- Icom IC-M601 VHF DSC marine transceiver.
- ICS NAV 4 plus navtex receiver
- Nasa SX35 DSC transceiver.
- Nasa Target Navtex receiver.
- Pains Wessex EPIRB and SART
NOTE:
- At YachtCom we will train you on real GMDSS
equipment, with a ratio better then 1 real VHF DSC radio per 2 students.
The RYA requirements is 2 radios per 12 student (ratio 1 radio per 6
students).
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Course Enquiry
and Dates
Pre-course knowledge:
- Must hold an old VHF restricted operator's
certificate
Pre-course study:
- VHF radio (inc GMDSS) - RYA publication G22/02 ISBN
0-901501-84-0
- YachtCom's GMDSS ONLINE training package.
Course enrolment
To enrol please phone
01489 565100. Payment can be made over the phone by all major debit and credit
cards.
Student Numbers
Student numbers are kept to a maximum
of 8 students per course, so early booking is advised.
Course
location: The course takes place in our permanently equipped training
studio at Lowford, Bursledon, Hampshire, close to the River Hamble. |
