Examples of Sea Area A1 in a sentence
Sea area A1 is defined by SOLAS 1974 regulation IV/2.1.12 as "an area within the radiotelephone coverage of at least one VHF coast station in which continuous DSC alerting is available, as may be defined by a Contracting Government".
Sea area A1 is defined by SOLAS regulation IV/2.1.12 as "an area within the radiotelephone coverage of at least one VHF coast station in which continuous DSC alerting is available, as may be defined by a Contracting Government".
Internationally, there are four “Sea Areas” defined in GMDSS:• Sea area A1, within range of shore-based VHF DSC coast station (around 40 nautical miles);• Sea area A2, within range of shore-based MF DSC coast station (excluding sea areas A1) (around 150 nautical miles);• Sea area A3, within the coverage of an Inmarsat geostationary satellite (approximately 70°N to 70°S) (excluding sea areas A1 & A2);• Sea area A4, the remaining areas outside sea areas A1, A2 & A3 (polar regions).
The Sub-Committee considered the proposed amendments to SOLAS regulation IV/8 (Radio equipment: Sea area A1), taking into account the comments/proposals contained in document NCSR 5/11 related to secondary ship-to-shore distress alert, and noted the preliminary conclusion of the Communications Working Group to delete SOLAS regulation IV/8.1.1, as recommended in paragraph 20 of the annex to document NCSR 5/11.
Sea area A1 means an area within the radiotelephone coverage of at least one VHF coast station in which continuous DSC alerting is available, as may be defined by a Contracting Government.
Sea area A1: The waters within the coverage area of the very high frequency (VHF) communication of coast radio stations.
Sea area A1 shall mean an area located within the radio-telephone coverage area of at least one coastal station working on VHF and in which the DSC warning function is permanently available, as definable by a contracting government.
Sea area A1: An area within the radiotelephone coverage of at least one VHF coast station in which continuous DSC alerting is available.