Short Range Certificate Course

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The person operating VHF radio system sailing in GMDSS Sea Area A1 must be qualified to a minimum standard. This standard is the GMDSS SRC (Short Range Certificate).

Short Range Certificate Course for VHF operators (vhf.ie)

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The person operating VHF radio system sailing in GMDSS Sea Area A1 must be qualified to a minimum standard. This standard is the GMDSS SRC (Short Range Certificate).

Long Range Certificate Course

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Radio operators on leisure or commercial vessels not under the regulation of the SOLAS convention that are fitted with long range communications (MF/HF radio) or satellite equipment must be qualified to a minimum standard. This standard is the GMDSS LRC (Long Range Certificate).

GMDSS Simulators

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VHF radio (Simrad RD68)	MF/HF radio (Thrane&Thrane SAILOR CU5100)	Inmarsat C (Thrane&Thrane SAILOR TT-3020, SAILOR TT-3606E)	NAVTEX receiver (McMurdo NAV 6 Plus)