GMDSS Radio Survey Blog

Frequencies
#General 8 min 123537 views

Since its inception, radio has been used to save lives at sea. After the tragedy with the Titanic, the International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS 1914) decided that ships with more than 50 people on board should “be fitted with a radiotelegraph installation” to maintain a radio watch at a frequency of 500 kHz. The First World War did not allow these plans to come true. Only SOLAS-29 obliged to introduce a radio watch in the MF range at a frequency of 500 kHz using Morse code on passenger and cargo ships of 1,600 gross registered tons or more. 

 

A
#EPIRB 6 min 6446 views

Cospas-Sarsat is an international satellite-based system. It detects and locates the radio beacons activated by persons, aircraft or ...

How
#General 5 min 13233 views

For more than 30 years, the GMDSS has been ensuring the safety of navigation by providing emergency communications for ships at sea. However, over ...

Second
#EPIRB 15 min 11569 views

The Second Generation Beacon (SGB) is a product that has been expected in the maritime industry in the last ...

Navigating
#General 6 min 8531 views

ATIS (Automatic Transmitter Identification System) is a system used in marine VHF radios. It is mandatory for the identification of ...

World
#General 6 min 3536 views

February 13 is World Radio Day. This is a young holiday, which was established by UNESCO in 2011, and the first celebration took place ...

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Equipment
#General 17 min 5118 views

With the implementation of the GMDSS (Global Maritime Distress and Safety System), it became necessary to check the equipment that is ...

Help
#General 1 min 2432 views

We launched a new service - Help Desk. You can find it in Support section on our web-site.

This is a place where you can ask a technical ...

Iridium
#General 10 min 10113 views

The monopoly of Inmarsat, which has been the only provider of satellite GMDSS services since 1999, is over. In early 2020, Iridium was ...

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