SRC On-Line radio training from YachtCom

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GMDSS SRC online training program

PRE-COURSE STUDY & GMDSS ONLINE TRAINING
For students who wish to do some pre-course study, YachtCom has produced a pre-course study package based around RYA publication VHF Radio (inc GMDSS) VHF G22/02, GMDSS simulators and GMDSS ONLINE training package.

GMDSS ONLINE training
YachtCom's GMDSS ONLINE training covers all topics and includes visual and audio examples on how to use and operate the new digital DSC radios. Each subject in the YachtCom GMDSS ONLINE training package includes a multiple choice question and answer section. If you know all the answers to the questions in the YachtCom ONLINE training, then the exam held at the end of the SRC course will be very easy.

DSC Simulator Program
As well as the GMDSS ONLINE training package, YachtCom provides you with a realistic simulator program which is very similar to Simrad RD67 DSC transceiver pictured to the right. There are over 20 active screens in the simulator and explanations on how to use them are found in the relevant pages on the GMDSS ONLINE training pages.

Click here for an example of the GMDSS multiple choice questions

ONLINE TRAINING & DOWNLOADS
To gain access to the YachtCom GMDSS ONLINE training course and download the simulators, book yourself onto a YachtCom GMDSS VHF-SRC course and ask for a User ID and password.
Once you have been given a User ID go to the YachtCom home page and you will find a box marked User ID, enter your User ID and press OK.

Features of the simulators include:-

Send Distress alert, including nature of distress
Send Routine, Group, Safety and Urgency calls
Enter MMSI numbers
Receive Distress, Urgency, Safety, Routine Calls and Distress Relays.
Acknowledge calls made

Topics covered in the YachtCom VHF SRC online training course are :-

Pro-log
Marine radio is not new, radio has been installed on vessels for over 100 years.

Radio Licensing
You must have a ship's radio licence and an operator's certificate before you use the VHF radio onboard your yacht.

Global Marine Distress & Safety System (GMDSS)
The GMDSS was developed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to aid mariners in general and distress communications.

Digital Selective Calling (DSC)
DSC is a part of GMDSS. Basically it is a paging system which alerts you when a call is about to be made on the VHF radio.

DSC calling
The DSC radio can make the following calls - Routine - Safety - Urgency - Group.

DSC Distress alerting
The advantage of DSC Distress alert is that it informs ALL STATIONS that a MAYDAY call and message is about to be sent on VHF channel 16.

NAVTEX
The NAVTEX system is a world wide network of stations broadcasting Maritime Safety Information (MSI) and weather broadcast.

EPIRB
Emergency Positioning Indication Radio Beacons offers distress alerting via satellite.

SARTS
Search And Rescue Transponders indicate a distress by RADAR.

VHF Radio
Marine VHF radio is the prime means of communications for the mariner.

VHF Channels
There are 56 international channels, you must use the correct channels

Radio Regulations
International radio regulations apply to the mariner.

Prowords
Prowords are procedure words and used to save time in radio procedure.

Radio Procedure
The correct use of the radio is required, yachtsmen are on the sea with professionals and therefore need to know the correct way of using the radio.

Safety and Urgency
The spoken word for a safety message is SECURITE and the spoken word for URGENCY is PAN-PAN.

Distress Prowords
Distress Prowords are internationally agreed procedure words which are used in radio distress procedures.

Distress Procedure
During a distress situation it is important that correct use of the radio is made and that distress radio procedures are maintained.

Questions
To see how you are doing, you can self test yourself with this multiple questions quiz. There are over 10 pages of questions, each page asks you 6 questions. Click here for an example of the GMDSS multiple choice questions

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