GLOBAL MARITIME DISTRESS AND SAFETY SYSTEM (GMDSS) - PART 15: INMARSAT FB500 SHIP EARTH STATION - OPERATIONAL AND PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS, METHODS OF TESTING AND REQUIRED TEST RESULTS
International Electrotechnical Committee
FOREWORD<br>1 Scope<br>2 Normative references<br>3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations<br>4 General and operational requirements<br>5 Technical requirements<br>6 Methods of testing and required <br> test results<br>Annex A (normative) - Requirements relating <br> to installation<br>Annex B (informative) - Reception of maritime <br> safety information (MSI)<br>Annex C (informative) - List of Inmarsat FB500 <br> type-approval tests<br>Bibliography
Defines the minimum operational and performance requirements, technical characteristics, methods of testing and required test results for Inmarsat FB500 ship earth stations (SES), capable of transmitting and receiving distress and safety communications, initiating and receiving distress priority calls and transmitting and receiving general radiocommunications, using radiotelephony (voice), as required within Regulation IV/10.1 and 14.1 of the 1988 amendments to the 1974 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), for use in the GMDSS.
| Document Type | Standard |
| Status | Current |
| Publisher | International Electrotechnical Committee |
| Committee | TC 80 |
