223-Navigation and Watch Keeping / 748
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BOS-PRD-07.900502
Version 04. Original date: 01/06/2012. Version date: 31/12/2014. Valid version only on QMS site. Uncontrolled document when printed.
Procedure prepared by: BOS Head of Operations. Approved by: BOS Head of Operations. Validated by: BOS Quality Representative.
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Shipboard radio communications (transmission/reception) specifying:
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The station with which contact was made (or attempted);
x
The frequency or frequencies used;
x
The duration of the communication;
x
Maintenance operations and periodic tests carried out on radio equipment;
x
Any incidents or deficiencies.
All relevant radio-communication events involving the safety of life at sea (GMDSS):
x
Transmission/reception of distress communications;
x
Transmission/reception of distress alerts;
x
Navigational safety bulletins.
Safety and distress notices received as hard copy on the NAVTEX system or other printers
shall
be noted in
the Radio Communications Logbook and filed in date order in a dedicated binder.
Hard copy concerning weather or navigational warnings
shall
be kept onboard until warning is off and the
relevant reference reported on the chart. At the end of the period, the date and time of their receipt
shall
be
noted in the Radio Communications Logbook.
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Daily, weekly and monthly checks or tests
should
be performed on shipboard radio equipment and
the results
shall
be recorded in the Radio Communications Logbook.
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Test operational status of the DSC without broadcasting using VHF, MF and HF equipment;
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Test, and if necessary, recharge batteries;
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Test printer and check paper supply (Inmarsat and Navtex).
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Check back-up energy source insofar as it is not a battery;
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Test calls with a coastal station (when possible) or other vessel equipped with DSC equipment if
there has been no communication with such a station for more than a week;
x
Testing is necessary for VHF, MF and HF equipment.
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Check and maintain as applicable antennas and insulators;
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Test VHF radios provided in survival equipment;
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Test batteries supplying the radio station.
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