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| Foreword Preface | |
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| What is GMDSS? Communications at Sea | |
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| A Brief History Evolution of GMDSS What Makes GMDSS a Superior System? | |
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| Sea Areas Choosing the Correct Band When Will GMDSS be Activated? | |
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| VHF-DSC Outfitting Features of VHF-DSC Choosing a VHF-DSC Radio | |
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| Registering Your Radio | |
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| The Ship Station License Installing a VHF-DSC Radio | |
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| Testing DSC Capabilities | |
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| VHF-DSC Use ndash | |
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| Routine Communications Maritime Radiotelephone Frequencies | |
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| Watch Requirements Calling Frequencies Selecting the Working Channel | |
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| Procedures for Calling Voice | |
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| Procedures for Calling DSC | |
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| Procedures for Fleet Calling DSC | |
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| VHF-DSC Use Emergency Procedures A Digital Distress | |
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| Broadcast is the Most Efficient Way to Call for Assistance | |
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| The Undesignated Distress Alert | |
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| The Designated Distress Alert Acknowledging a Distress | |
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| Alert Relaying a Distress Call Canceling a Valid Distress | |
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| Alert Canceling a False Distress | |
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| Alert Maintaining Radio Silence Direction Finding | |
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| Prudence Closure of a Distress Situation | |
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| Urgency and Safety Alerts | |
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| Port Operations ndash | |
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| Voice, Digital and AIS Systems | |
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| Coping with Crowded Harbor Traffic Channel | |
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| 13 Channels 06 and 22A The Automatic Identification System | |
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| Offshore Calling and Distress Frequencies | |
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| Distress and Calling Procedures | |
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| Inmarsat, NAVTEX, Safety | |
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| NET and Amver for Sea Area | |
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| A3 Inmarsat Network NAVTEX Safety | |
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| NET Amver | |
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| EPIRBs, SARTs and Other Useful Tools | |
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| The Emergency Position-indicating Radio | |
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| Beacon (EPIRB) Personal Locator and Man Overboard | |
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| Beacons Search and Rescue Transponders | |
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| VHF Radiotelephone Frequencies - United States | |
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| VHF Radiotelephone Frequencies Canada | |
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| VHF Radiotelephone Frequencies International | |
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| MF Single-sideband Marine Radiotelephone Frequencies | |
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| HF Single-sideband Marine Radiotelephone Channels | |
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| Emergency Radio Procedures | |
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| Mayday Template Glossary References | |
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| Index | |
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| About the US Power Squadrons CD-ROM Instructions | |