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
- Emergency 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 morning of the 4th day.
Note:
At YachtCom we covers the complete LRC course including
Inmarsat.
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.
Use of phonetic alphabet, which is required during the
exam.
To help you study, YachtCom has produced a PC software pre-course
learning study package, click here for
details.
The Instructor
The instructor's name is Bob
Smith, who is a keen sailor with his own 32 foot sailing yacht. Bob has 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.
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Cost: £325 including on-line study material.
Extras: A
User's Handbook Third Edition - ISBN 0-7136-7856-9. £17.00 inc
P&P
Exam Fee: £83 paid on day of exam
- Plus two passport size photographs
Duration: 4 days
- Start 09:00 finish by 18:00 each
day, except last day when should be finished by 16:00.
Dates:
| Sat-Tues |
10 to 13 May
2008 |
| Mon-Thur |
19 to 22 May
2008 |
| Sat-Tues |
31 May to 3
June 2008 |
| Mon-Thur |
16 to 19
June 2008 |
| Sat-Tues |
5 to 8 July
2008 |
| Sat-Tues |
6 to 9
September 2008 |
| Sat-Tues |
22 to 25
September 2008 |
| Sat-Tue |
4 to 7
October 2008 |
| Mon-Thur |
20 to 23
October |
| Sat-Tues |
1 to 4
November 2008 |
| Mon-Thur |
17 to 20
November 2008 |
| Sat-Tues |
29 November
to 2 December 2008 |
Course enrolment
To enrol
please phone 01489 565100. Payment can be made over the phone by all major
debit and credit cards. Alternatively complete our
on-line booking form.
Student
Numbers
Student numbers are kept to a maximum of 6 students per course,
so early booking is advised.
Equipment and support: -
YachtCom has a wide range of equipment for use during the course including
2 of the latest Icom SSB radios :-
- ICOM M801E SSB transceiver
- 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 notes and PC
simulators
The following notes are available to download from the
YachtCom on-line training site :-
- Icom M801 and M802 PC simulator
programs
- Guide to Installing SSB onboard a
yacht
- SSB and SailMail troubleshooting
guide
These notes are available free of charge
during the course.
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.
Course location:
The course takes place in our
permanently equipped training studio at Lowford, Bursledon, Hampshire, close to
the River Hamble. Click here
for directions
For information on yacht
commmunications
visit www.yachtcom.info |
