ABSTRACT

This is the first book to cover the Global Marine Distress and Safety System (GDMSS) in a comprehensive and readable way. GDMSS is now being developed to provide a new global communications and locating network to alert search and rescue services, and all students of navigation or maritime technology, and practising navigation officers, will need to be trained in its use.

This accessible reference textbook provides students and new radio operators with all the knowledge necessary for a complete understanding of GMDSS and its related systems.

part |61 pages

The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System

chapter |46 pages

The GMDSS radionet

chapter |11 pages

Equipment maintenance requirements

chapter |2 pages

GMDSS personnel qualifications

part |142 pages

GMDSS Satellite Communications

chapter |21 pages

The Inmarsat organization

chapter |35 pages

The Inmarsat-A system

chapter |9 pages

The Inmarsat-B system

chapter |15 pages

The Inmarsat-C system

chapter |7 pages

The Inmarsat-M system

chapter |2 pages

Satellite mobile frequency bands

chapter |1 pages

The future

part |81 pages

Terrestrial Communications

chapter |19 pages

Signal propagation and the radio spectrum

chapter |14 pages

Antenna systems

chapter |45 pages

Radiocommunications systems

chapter |1 pages

The future