Module 1 GMDSS and Installations / 1 Chapter 1 The Basic Knowledge of the GMDSS / 2 Lesson 1 The GMDSS Components and Their Functions / 2 Lesson 2 Sea Areas and Certificate Requirements by ITU / 10 Lesson 3 Installation Fitting and Maintenance Requirements / 21 Chapter2 Inmarsat / 27 Lesson 4 Component and Working Principle of the Inmarsat / 27 Lesson 5 Inmarsat Communication Service / 35 Chapter 3 Inmarsat Instructional Manuals from Manufacturers / 42 Lesson 6 Users Manual for Inmarsat-C SES / 42 Lesson 7 Users Manual for Inmarsat-F SES / 53 Lesson 8 Users Manual for Inmarsat-M SES / 65 Lesson 9 Technical Specifications for Inmarsat-C Terminals / 70 Lesson 10 Technical Specifications for Inmarsat-F Terminals / 75 Lesson 11 Technical Specifications for Inmarsat-M Terminals / 83 Chapter 4 Terrestrial Communication System / 89 Lesson 12 Terrestrial Communication Service / 89 Lesson 13 Users Manual for MF/HF Radio and Terminal / 93 Lesson 14 Technical Specifications for MF/HF Radio and Terminal / 100 Lesson 15 Users Manual for VHF Radio and Terminal / 106 Lesson 16 Technical Specifications for VHF Radio and Terminal / 115 Chapter 5 MSI Broadcasting System / 119 Lesson 17 MSI Concept / 119 Lesson 18 EGC System / 125 Lesson 19 NAVTEX System / 137 Lesson 20 Users Manual for NAVTEX System / 152 Lesson 21 Technical Specifications for NAVTEX / 158 Chapter 6 Positioning and Locating System / 164 Lesson 22 International SAR Satellite System / 164 Lesson 23 Users Manual for EPIRB / 177 Lesson 24 Testing Requirements for EPIRB / 190 Lesson 25 Working Principle of SART / t96 Lesson 26 Installation and Users Manual for SART / 20"1 Lesson 27 Testing Requirements for SART / 208Module 2 International Conventions, Rules Concerning GMDSS / 213 Chapter 7 Part C of Chapter IV of SOLAS. Ship Requirements / 214 Lesson 28 Part C Ship Requirements / 214 Chapter8 ITU RR / 230 Lesson 29 Rules on GMDSS Frequencies / 230 Lesson 30 Shipboard Communication Requirements on Watchkeeping / 238 Lesson 31 Distress Alerting, Acknowledgement, SAR Coordination and On-Scene Communications / 242 Lesson 32 Dealing with False Alerting / 265 Chapter 9 Reading from Volume 1, 3, 5 of the ALRS / 273 Lesson 33 Reading from Volume 1 of the ALRS / 273 Lesson 34 Reading from Volume 3 of the ALRS / 289 Lesson 35 Reading from Volume 5 of the ALRS / 302 Lesson 36 Reading from the IAMSAR Manual / 312 Chapter 10 Radio Watchkeeping Requirements in the STCW Convention / 321 Lesson 37 Rules Concerning Radio Watchkeeping / 321Module 3 Common Marine Correspondence Service in English / 327 Lesson 38 Texts Concerning Distress, Urgency, Safety Messages / 329 Lesson 39 Texts Concerning Routine Communication / 335 Lesson 40 Texts Concerning False Alert Cancellation / 341 Lesson 41 Texts Concerning Ship Report / 343 Lesson 42 Texts Concerning Medical Guidance and SAR / 348Module 4 Logging, Rules, Requirements for Radio Logbooks / 351 Lesson 43 Examples and Rules of Radio Logbooks / 352