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There were days when only radio officers operated radio equipments. Deck officers had nothing to do with the radio equipments. With GMDSS equipments all deck officers are radio officers now.
With this new responsibility, came new challenges. Deck officers have since tried their best to fill the gap of radio officer and they have done pretty good.
But there are always few things we never find in book. We call these things “practical experiences”. Many of these were lost with the radio officers but not all.
Deck officers now need to know everything about how to make best use of GMDSS equipment. But GMDSS equipments are of no use, if these wont work when required.
There are many functional requirements of GMDSS equipments. We can only be sure if these will perform or not by testing these at regular interval. Each GMDSS equipment has a testing interval and procedure to test.
Familiarity with the GMDSS equipments is also essential to avoid PSC detentions.
In this post I try to solve this problem with testing of MF/HF equipment and what to do if test fails.
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About Capt Rajeev Jassal
Capt. Rajeev Jassal has sailed for over 24 years mainly on crude oil, product and chemical tankers. He holds MBA in shipping & Logistics degree from London. He has done extensive research on quantitatively measuring Safety culture onboard and safety climate ashore which he believes is the most important element for safer shipping.
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