GMDSS: A Guide for Global Maritime Distress Safety System-Second Edition

A revised study guide to the Global Maritime Distress and Safety Systems (GMDSS). A guide to obtain the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) GMDSS RADIO OPERATORS LICENSE and to obtain U.S. Coast Guard STCW (Standards of Training and Certification of Watch Keeping). Includes Equipment Fundamentals; The latest Federal Communications Commission rules; Maritime Safety Information (MSI); Distress and Safety Communications; Digital Selective Calling (DSC); Communications Fundamentals; Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB); INMARSAT systems; Narrow Band Direct Printing (NBDP); Search and Rescue Radar Transponder (SART); VHF Survival Craft Transceivers; also includes sample GMDSS test questions using the new FCC question pool.