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Madrid, Spain Espoo, Finland Rellingen, Germany Catalogue No. GC-019k www.furuno.com www.furuno.es www.furuno. www.furuno.de FURUNO U.S.A., INC. FURUNO DANMARK A/S FURUNO POLSKA Sp. Z o.o. FURUNO HELLAS S.A. Camas, Washington, U.S.A. Hvidovre, Denmark Gdynia, Poland Piraeus, Greece www.furunousa.com www.furuno.dk www.furuno.pl www.furuno.gr...
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Comparison between old distress system and GMDSS Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) has been Reliance on ships in vicinity Worldwide coverage developed by the maritime nations in the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and is the result of their adoption of amendments made in 1988 to the 1974 International Convention on the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS).
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CH 16 (156.800 MHz); and requirement for general communications. ◆ Continuous watch on CH 70 (156.525 MHz) Model: FM-8900S Other functional requirements Inmarsat-C Mobile Earth Station FELCOM18 Transmission of ship-to-shore distress...
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◆ Transmission and reception of general communications DSC/DSC Watch Receiver using either radiotelephony or direct printing telegraphy FM-8900S *It should be possible that transmission of distress alerts be initiated from the navigation bridge. 2-a. MF/HF radio installation for distress and 2-b.
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◆ Continuous DSC watch on 2,187.5 kHz, 8,814.5 kHz, and on at least DSC/DSC Watch Receiver one of the distress and safety frequencies: FM-8900S 4,207.5 kHz, 6,312 kHz, 12,577 kHz or 16,804.5 kHz ◆ Trasnsmission and reception of general radio communications using 2.
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F O R R E L I A B L E C O M M U N I C A T I O N VHF Radiotelephone MODEL: FM-8900S Semi-duplex 25-Watt radiotelephone with a built-in Class-A DSC and CH70 watch receiver...