A POTENTIAL
PROBLEM EXISTS?
GMDSS OPERATING G
MASTERS F SHIPS IN Dl
TRANSMIT, IF TIME ALLOWS,
DISTRESS
CALL
BY
HF
/MF
!VHF
DSC
OR
INMARSAT
TRANSMIT DISTRESS
CALL
BY HF
/MF
!VHF
DSC
OR
INMARSAT
NOTIFY RCC BY
HF
/MF
!VHF
DSC
OR
INMARSAT
EMBARK
IN
SURVIVAL CRAFT
WITH
VHF, SART
AND IF POSSIBLE EPIRB
SWITCH
ON
EPIRB AND SART
IMMEDIATELY
AND LEAVE ON
COMMUNICATE ON
HF
/MF
!VHF
OR
INMARSAT TO
RCC
AND
SHIPS
COMMUNICATE ON
HF
/MF
!VHF
OR
INMARSAT TO
RCC
AND
SHIPS
COM/Circ.l 07
SWITCH ON EPIRB
AND SART MANUALLY
ON BOARD
1.
EPIRB should float free
and
activate automatically
if
it
cannot
be
taken into survival craft.
RADIO DISTRESS COMMUNICATIONS
2.
Where necessary, ships should use any appropriate
means
to
alert other ships.
3.
Nothing above is intended
to
preclude
the
use
of
any
and
all
available means
of
distress alerting.
VHF
MF
HF4
HF6
HF8
HF12
HF16
DIGITAL SELECTIVE
CALLING (DSC)
CHANNEL 70
2187.5 kHz
4207.5 kHz
6312 kHz
8414.5 kHz
12577 kHz
16804.5 kHz
RADIOTELEPHONE
CHANNEL16
2182 kHz
4125 kHz
6215 kHz
8291
kHz
12290 kHz
16420 kHz
RADIO TELEX
2174.5 kHz
4177.5 kHz
6268 kHz
8376.5 kHz
12520 kHz
16695 kHz
CODE
No.
: 7ZPJD0135 (A)