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MF/HF Equipment tests: how to do it and actions in

case test fails ?
Written by Capt Rajeev Jassal on
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There were days when only radio officers operated radio equipments.
Deck officers had nothing to do with the radio equipments. With GMDSS
equipments all deck officers are radio officers now.
With this new responsibility, came new challenges. Deck officers have
since tried their best to fill the gap of radio officer and they have done
pretty good.
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But there are always few things we never find in book. We call these things
“practical experiences”.
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not all.
Deck officers now need to know everything about how to make best use of
GMDSS equipment. But GMDSS equipments are of no use, if these wont
work when required.
There are many functional requirements

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only be sure if these will perform or not by testing these at regular interval.
Each GMDSS equipment has a testing interval and procedure to test.
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with the GMDSS equipments is also essential to avoid PSC detentions.
In this post I try to solve this problem with testing of MF/HF equipment and
what to do if test fails.
Lets Begin
MF/HF equipment
MF/HF equipment is for sending distress alerts over long range. We need
to test MF/HF equipement to be sure of its functionality. Lets see what all
test we need to do on MF/HF equipment.
I will show this on JRC equipment MCU-331F. If you have worked on this
system, it has a remote mode and local mode. The options to select the
tests can be accessed from both modes.
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1. Daily Test
Depending upon the equipment make, we need to do few of the daily tests

on MF/HF. Whatever the equipment, the test generally involves
checking of internal connections (called Modem Loop test),
checking printer and
checking display of MF/HF equipment
Besides some makers may have few other daily tests specific to the
equipment. Lets see how each of these daily tests are done.
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means that on receiving a message on MF/HF, it would definitely be
processed by the equipment. In other words, it means that received
message will not be lost in the loop of the equipment.
In the modem loop test, the equipment send and receives a message
internally. If all the loops of the equipment are OK, the message will be
transmitted and received without any trouble.
To Perform a Modem loop test on JRC equipment
From Local Mode
Go to Menu#2 -> READOUT & SET UP -> press 4 -> press ENT. This
displays the “SELF TEST” screen. Select the “Modem Loop test” and press
ENT. Menu#2 is accessed by pressing “Menu” twice.
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From Remote mode
Go to FUNC -> Test -> Modem Loop test and press enter on keyboard.
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If the test is successful, OTHERS LED will light up and buzzer will sound.
Press STOP to stop the buzzer.
We can then file the print out of the Modem loop test either in separate file
or in GMDSS log book.
Printer test
On receiving a MF/HF message, We tend to look at the print outs than in
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of the MF/HF equipment. It is convinient
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and there is no doubt about that. This makes the printer an important part
of the MF/HF equipment. Print outs are also important for record keeping
of distress communication. Testing of printer thus is important.
Printer test checks the connection between MF/HF equipment and printer.
To do the printer test, in the Local mode
Go to Menu#2 -> READOUT & SET UP -> press 4 -> press ENT. This
displays the “SELF TEST” screen. Select the “printer test” and press ENT.
From the remote mode
Go to System -> Self Check -> Printer and press enter on keyboard
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If the printer prints all the characters, printer test is pass.
Other Daily tests
As I said earlier, there can be other equipment specific daily tests and
vessel should do these test as per Maker’s manual.
2. Weekly tests
Most of us think that weekly test is only DSC test with shore station. We
must understand that DSC is only one mode of distress communication. We
also need to test our R/T and NBDP every week. Lets see how we should
do these weekly tests.
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In Local Mode
Go to Menu#1
Choose option 11 (Test Call)
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Enter the Shore station ID
Choose Telecommand -1 as “TEST” by side arrow
Choose the Tx/Rx frequency and Press call
If doing this in remote mode
Go to FUNC -> Edit/Send -> Safety test Call and then edit the message if
required.
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On prompt to “transmit the call”, Choose option “yes”.

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This will send the DSC test call to shore station. Test will pass if you receive
the response back with “EOS” as “ACK BQ”.
It is important that these test calls are not made on 2 MHz frequency and
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What to do if you do not receive the acknowledgment from shore station ?
Well most of us would agree that this is common situation. And many of us

leave it thinking that shore station is not answering. We fail to acknowledge
that the problem could be with our equipment.
Some of us believe that filing the test with remarks “No response from
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Another few has a file with “Typed message” similar to the test with shore
response. They just take printout of this message to forge the record to
show that the test was done. Whereas actually either it was not done or
was done with no response from the shore.
It is very easy to catch if the record was forged or the test was actually
done.
So here is how we should proceed in case we do not receive

acknowledgment from shore station.
First try again with other stations and on other frequencies. If you are trying
to send a DSC call to a nearby station on higher frequency, chance are that
they will miss it. This is because, all frequencies has a blind spot near to
the transmitter. Higher the frequency, larger is the blind spot distance.
Lets assume that with all your efforts, you still could not get the shore
acknowledgment. Next you should try to test the DSC call with a ship
station. Testing with ship station is similar to testing with coast
station. We just need to change the ID to the ship’s MMSI number of the
ship you are testing the DSC with. If possible we should do this ship to ship
test on non-distress frequency.
If we still did not get the acknowledgment from the ship, ask the other ship
if they received your test call. If they did receive, your transmitter if OK. If
they did not receive your test call, expect problem with your transmitter.
Now ask the other ship to send you the test call. See if you can receive her
test call. Try
it on lower frequencies like 4 MHz.
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other ship’s test call, your receiver is not OK.
Now that you know if the problem is with your receiver, transmitter or both,
lets troubleshoot it further.
Problem with Transmission
If MF/HF is not transmitting, the JRC manual just ask to call for the service
engineer. But there are few other things we can do to avoid this.
1) if you were able to test the DSC with ship but could not test with shore
station.
Though this is acceptable sometimes but if your all the last few tests are
with ship, it is not acceptable as this can be interpreted as a defect.
In this case transmission of MF/HF is OK, but the transmission power is

greatly reduced. This is how you can proceed to solve this problem.
Check the output power setting
On some equipments you can change the power output to low and high.
We need to make sure that the output power is set to high for testing. To
do so on JRC,
Press Menu on the MF/HF controller -> scroll the dial to go to “Power”
option -> set the power to High -> press Enter.
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Check the Antenna
Even after setting the power to High, still you may not get acknowledgment
from shore station. In this case first switch off the MF/HF equipment and
clean the transmitting antenna. This Antenna is located on the Monkey
island.
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The transmitting antenna is connected with the antenna tuner. The

connection between antenna and antenna tuner is with a copper wire. In
most of the cases you will find this wire to be of green color which is not its
original color.
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Remove this wire from all the connections and clean with emery paper to
remove the green deposits. Do not put anything (grease, Varnish etc) on
the wire after cleaning it. Connect the wire again and test the DSC with
shore station. Most cases, you will be able to test with shore station.
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2) If you did not get acknowledgment from ship station as well as shore
station
If you were not able to get the acknowledgment from ship as well as shore
station, check if the antenna is tuning. Different equipment has different
ways to show if the antenna is tuned or not.
Some equipments shows message “Tune Not OK” on the screen. Others
like JRC, will have the “TUNE” blinking on the screen. If you see any of
these, tune the antenna, by pressing “ANT TUNE” button. If this does not
tune your antenna, suspect problem with Antenna tuner.
Antenna tuner is either located in the wheel house or on the monkey
island. If the
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if the sealing of cover is not 
appropriate, there are chances of burnt PCB. Switch off & isolate the
GMDSS station and open the cover of Antenna tuner. Check for any
obvious burnt PCB signs.
If there are no visible signs, you need to communicate with maker

highlighting the problem of antenna not tuning.
Problem with reception
If you have found the problem with the receiver, you can troubleshoot as
follows
The first sign for a poor receiver is no sound on the MF/HF equipment.

Tune into any R/T frequency and increase the volume. Do you hear any
sounds ?
If you do not hear any sound, try adjusting RF gain.
If you still do not hear anything, MF/HF is not receiving anything.
Another way to know if your receiver is OK is to check the time signal. If

you do not receive time signal from any stations, you can assume problem
with your MF/HF receiver.
In case of poor receiver, you can check and clean the connection of the
reception antenna. The MF/HF reception antenna is usually placed on the
forward mast.
If you still do not get anything, most likely the problem lies in one of the
PCB of the
MF/HF receiver. You should communicate
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required request for their attendance.
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R/T and NBDP weekly Test
Apart from DSC test, we also need to test if our R/T and NBDP are working
as these also form part of the MF/HF equipment.
You can test the R/T with a ship station.
To test R/T, Switch to a non-Distress R/T frequency and talk to a passing

ship. Follow same with the testing of NBDP. Switch to a non-distress NDBP
frequency and communicate with a ship on NBDP.
Monthly Test
Monthly test of MF/HF equipment include the inspection of aerials and

insulators. It is important that Electrical officer and 2nd mate check
condition of aerials and insulators atleast every month. While checking the
condition look for following
Any broken aerial or insulator. If any insulator or aerial is broken, order it

and replace it.
Any salt deposits on the aerial. It is a good practice to clean the aerials
with fresh water every month.
Connections on the aerial are intact and clean. It is important that all the
connection are clean, free of rust and other deposits. If these are not
clean, it can reduce the transmission/receiving power of MF/HF drastically.
We already discussed one example of this with the wire connecting aerial
with the tuner.
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MF/HF equipment is a very important part of GMDSS and bridge
equipments. If a similar equipment was on board Titanic, it is possible that
not a single person would have died.
Keeping this in a perfect shape is the responsibility of ship staff. Testing

MF/HF regularly and religiously helps us achieve that. In case of
unsuccessful test, we should find the reason for that and correct it.
About Capt Rajeev Jassal

Capt. Rajeev Jassal has sailed for over 19 years mainly on crude oil, product and chemical
tankers. He holds MBA in shipping & Logistics degree from London. He has done
extensive research on quantitatively measuring Safety culture onboard and safety climate
ashore which he believes is the most important element for safer shipping.
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Thanks for your kind words. We are on a mission to share everything we learnt from our
journey of Cadet to Master and Trainee to Chief engineer & beyond. And We are still
learning...and so will the seafarers on this journey.. Thanks for being a reader..
Imran  Reply
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May 17, 2016
Good Morning sir,

I am a fresher cadet and i am trying to make a test call to a Coast
Station, but i am not getting acknowlegement. is it ok if i am using 2187.5 khz frequency
for making a test call?
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May 17, 2016
No it is not OK Imran. By doing so you may be blocking an actual distress call of a nearby
ship. This frequency is used for transmitting distress call to nearby coast station as well
as ships and should never be used for testing. If you are not getting acknowledgment
from shore station, follow what I posted in this blog. Let me know if you have any other
question now or anytime in your career.
Eugene madjus  Reply
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May 12, 2017
Hi sir Rajeev. So what is the recommended frequencies to be use for sending dsc testcall
on shore stations? Thankyou and more power to you..
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Amit Rathi  Reply
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May 20, 2016
Bt why you mentioned only 2 Mhz to not to use for weekly testing? Before testing it is
required to check the details of the coast stations in ALRS ar ADRS whether they have
MF/HF DSC facilities or not. Many stations are equipped with only MF DSC Frequency, for
sure we will not receive anything if we try it on some other HF frequency and another
important thing is check the rough distance between ship's position and the coast station
and choose the frequency accordingly.
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May 21, 2016
If we are in distress we would not prefer to send the distress call on 16 MHz to an
Australian station when we are in Arabian Sea. Our first preference will be a coast station
& ship station nearby. So 2MHz is the preferred frequency for distress communication.
This is the frequency where if we use for testing or routine communication, we are most
likely to hamper an actual distress situation. HF frequency has range upto more than
3000NM so there is no need to use MF frequency when we can easily get a HF station in
range. Off course we need to see which HF station is available in range but we need to
remove the MF frequency from our list of testing. Hope that clarifies. Let me know if you
have any other question Amit.
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May 22, 2016
But what i have been taught is that range depends on the frequency we choose. 4 Mhz
covers approx about 400 NM ,8MHz covers approx about 800 NM and so on. And i have
observed it too. Not all HF frequency will give 3000 NM range. In west africa I always use
capetown for testing and its a HF station . Recently a vetting inspector pointed me out
why no acknowledgement ar testing on 2Mhz ...ofcrse i had few with ship stations, so he
was ok. But i have seen inspectors asking about 2 Mhz. Regarding hampering the real
distress alert , anyway it will keep on repeating every 3 mins until its acknowledged by
any station.
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Amit About range you are right. That is why I said upto 3000 NM (16 MHz). And yes
distress message will keep on repeating but what if 100 ships are testing on 2MHz. See it
is not a requirement as such but is considered best practice. Moreover we should always
try to test on higher frequencies because it also tests the transmission power. Let me
know if you any question Amit
Mobin  Reply
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Sep 10, 2017
As frequency increases the range decreases.

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May 22, 2016
Thank u very much for the clarification.
Maksood Ahmed  Reply
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May 26, 2016
Hats off to u...Got the best clarification for many of my doubts

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May 26, 2016
Happy that it could clear few of your doubts Maksood. Let me know if you have any
question. Hope to see you read future posts too..
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Jun 2, 2016
As I was going through this blog again....a couple of questions rose out again :
1) What if I
select ''Individual Call'' instead of ''Test Call'' (There's no Test telecommand in Individual
Call) ?
2) When I do the DSC test with a ship station, it will not be possible to do it on a
non-distress frequency as all MF/HF equipments are designed to keep watch only on
Distress frequencies.
3) When I do DSC test with a vessel , ofcrse the vessel will be a
nearer one, within 12 NM circle ar little more....There are high & likely chances that the
vessel will miss out the DSC call if I do it on a HF Frequency even 4MHz....so again I have
to go back to 2Mhz for testing. Please correct me where ever I am wrong.
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Jun 2, 2016
1) Individual call is OK, infact some equipments have test option under individual call. As
long as you could test the equipment with Individual call, it should be OK.
2) When doing
test call with a ship, we usually get in touch with that ship on VHF. And then test the
equipment and ask that vessel to acknowledge it.So we should test it on non-distress
frequency.
3) You may or may not get the near ship on 4Mhz as the blind spot can
depend upon many factors. During distress situations we cannot take any chance so we
have to transmit on appropriate frequency but for testing we can try on different
frequencies. Like with the ship we can try on 4Mhz to see if they get it otherwise we can
try on 2MHz non-distress frequency. In Open sea, with no coast station in range of 2 Mhz,
we may test on 2187. Idea is to try not to interfere with any possible distress
communication.
Ramprakash  Reply
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Jun 15, 2016
Greetings sir I am a fresh cadet I just want to know how to check the chronometer error
by using My/Hf equipment
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Jul 3, 2016
 a particular station transmits time signal 
 You need to check the time at which from ALRS
and then login on that frequency and wait for the signal to sound. We can then compare
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MG Gee  Reply
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Jul 13, 2016
Im wondering what do PSC inspectors in china are refering when the say "No evidence of
NDBP test". Can u please show me how to do the test? like u did on top.. thnx a lot..
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Jul 18, 2016
Many seafarers gets confused with NBDP. Surely a topic to write about. I will write on that
soon..
Radoslaw Walczak  Reply
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Sep 21, 2016
Good day First of all great article. But like you said many are confused about NBDP, could
you post or send some information how to test it ? Many thanks I have JRC type NBDP
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Oct 4, 2016
I will write on that shortly Radoslaw..
Radoslaw Walczak  Reply
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Oct 19, 2016
Thanks a lot, I cannot wait, I suppose as the others.
Rav  Reply
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Jan 5, 2017
I really enjoy reading your blog capt. Rajeev :) . I can't wait for NBDP issues clarification!
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Noman Abdullah  Reply
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Jul 16, 2016
Excellent writing sir.Keep on writing
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Jul 18, 2016
Glad you liked it Noman..
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Mar 23, 2018
Captain, how much can i used to set up a primary GMDSS, Radar, Engine room
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Krishnan  Reply
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Jul 31, 2016
Sir please elobrate on satc testing procedure too
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Sep 8, 2016
Apart from Daily tests on Sat-C, we need to do weekly performance test and Distress
button test..
Capt.Ali Ozcan  Reply
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Oct 4, 2016
Great article...

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Oct 4, 2016
Thanks Capt Ali..
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Md sadikul Bari  Reply

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Dec 22, 2016
Sir , if possible kindly explain how to do the draft survey in bulk carrier ? .
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Dec 29, 2016
I will right on draft survey shortly..
Md sadikul Bari  Reply
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Dec 22, 2016
During loading & discharging , how to solve the stress problem in bulk carrier ?
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Dec 29, 2016
I am not an expert of bulk carrier operation but I can write on dealing with stress issues
on ships..
Joerg Drexhagen  Reply
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May 11, 2017
And if you want to communicate with another vessel and you don´t know a frequency
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John pham  Reply
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Aug 1, 2017
Gd sir! I need assist from you.MF/HF SRG-1150DN System self test report
"received:error,Wach-R:good,Exciter:error,Tuner:good" .so i can not get DSC
acknowledgment from ship or shore station.Ask other ship,they received my test call and
replied.Please tell me problem detail with it.Thanks you so much.
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Aug 18, 2017
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Jamokz  Reply
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Oct 14, 2017
Good day sir, I would like to know how to test two tone alarm of MF/HF Radio for JRC
Model JSS-296/596/896 or JSB-196GM R/T ? Thanks.
Smoke  Reply
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Oct 15, 2017
Smoke and mirrors
ijas  Reply
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Dec 7, 2017
Why hf frquencies disabled? It is also mentioned in srt cert .. Kindly advive.
Eddy Blanks  Reply
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Jan 6, 2018
DSC console modem. Product name is " JRC NCT-196N DSC/NBDP Modem" When I try
the call button is unresponsive only showing transmissible on the test call menu.
I've
already cleaned the aerials , checked the connection and also set the transmission power
to HI still same results. Kindly Assist. How do I get the transmissible to go away from the
test call call menu and for the Call button to work..?
Also When I perform modern loop
test on the same equipment, own address is "000000000" on the print out. How do I
change it on the local mode to ships MMSI address. Plus only 2187.5 and 8414.5 LEDs are
highlight on the DSC console.LEDs for the following distress frequencies are off. 4207.5
12577.0 and 6312.0 and 16804.5 My vessel had 2 inm-c terminals thus we don't have the
Remote mfhf/nbdp terminal. So everything has to be done locally on the JRC NCT-196N
DSC model. How do I go about rectifying all these. Please note I received a successful
BQ ACK from weekly test call just 2 days ago. The it got colder outside temp now 15
degree. I don't know if that's also a factor. But I've cleaned the aerial/antenna checked
the connection and all no loose connection or breaks. Kindly assist because PSC
inspection is due...
Do send an email to [email protected]. ASAP. Thanks.
michael wachira  Reply
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Jan 16, 2018
Why would DSC and WKR in all frequency display NG
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Why we should not made test call on 2 MHz channel sir, thanks.
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Sir could you advise about the weekly vhf test call? Usually i just made a call to my own
second station and vice-versa. But during the last internal audit i was asked why i had not
performed vhf dsc call with coast station while in range. I tried to find any information
about this in GMDSS manual, STCW and some others sources but no success. Also i have
never seen that anybody doing this. To my mind it's not good idea to use 70 vhf channel
for routine testing with coast station as well as 2187.5 for MF. So only way is to call to
your own station. Please clarify on this matter.
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JRC NCH-1962 controller. What to do if in func menu only Edit/send and Receive. But test
and setup system is not available? I can’t fulfill modem loop test.
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Mar 10, 2018
Which HF stations reply to DSC test calls? Most of them don't do it anymore therefore
testing is difficult. You just don't know if your GMDSS is broken or it's just not that station.
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How to ground MF HF
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Jun 12, 2018
I am an ex R/O with 18 yrs sailing experience and 10+ years teaching GMDSS. Feel free to
ask any question related to GMDSS- will be glad to discuss
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Jun 30, 2018
I just joined a vessel and it has VHF & MF/HF of STN ATLAS DEBEG VHF STN ATLAS
6322
MF/HF DEBEG 3105 I could not find it's daily test procedure any where please can
you help me out.
Thanks & regards
Rajesh
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Type vessel is gas carrier
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Helpful essay i like it so much, but FYI "EQUIPMENT" word always written without "S"
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Sep 24, 2018
Hi, How i advise other ships in the vicinity that I'm having a drill? How do I make the
anouncement?
Thanks
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Oct 25, 2018
How to deal with my jrc jsb196gm radio. It's shows on lcd " PLL UNLOCK". Can't hear
speaker.
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Nov 24, 2018
Can MF DSC self test be affected by weather? Sky has been overcast these past days in
our area and there are instances that the self test fail show. Is weather a factor too?
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Good day Sir, Good day sir, I would like to know why to test DSC MF/HF call to station,
SSAS also transmit...? WHY? please advise
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Jun 9, 2019
Good Day Sir . When i did the self test my MFHF, there was an error TX FIL - NG. Please
tell me what it can be and how to fix it ?
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How to check antenna with megger
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good day sir, our sailor mf/hf 6301 control panel onboard having a problem of "antenna
unit not ready" and antenna unit not responding"what was the possible cause? thank you!
Sandy  Reply
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Your question is same with me presently, i unable to use other function test with "antenna
unit not ready". is there anyone who has same issue on these ? please share and thank
you in advance
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dear Capt Rajeev , our power amplifier is already not functioning is it the problem were
we cant receive any acknowledgement from shore?
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Hello, I have a question about mf/hf equipment tests. Is it possible to find some
information (maybe in GMDSS manual or STCW book or ADRS) about procedure of
transmitting mf/hf tests call with coast station in case we didn’t receive a message ack.
My company inspector says we have written instructions (maybe in GMDSS manual or
STCW book or ADRS) for such case, we must call the station?? Tanks
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MF/HF unit not starting on A.C power? What could be cause?
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MF/HF Equipment tests: how to do it and actions in

There are many functional requirements

Depending upon the equipment make, we need to do few of the daily tests

checking of internal connections (called Modem Loop test),

checking printer and

checking display of MF/HF equipment

To Perform a Modem loop test on JRC equipment

From Local Mode

To do the printer test, in the Local mode

From the remote mode

If the printer prints all the characters, printer test is pass.

Other Daily tests

Choose option 11 (Test Call)

Enter the Shore station ID

Choose Telecommand -1 as “TEST” by side arrow

Choose the Tx/Rx frequency and Press call

If doing this in remote mode

On prompt to “transmit the call”, Choose option “yes”.

What to do if you do not receive the acknowledgment from shore station ?

Well most of us would agree that this is common situation. And many of us

So here is how we should proceed in case we do not receive

Problem with Transmission

In this case transmission of MF/HF is OK, but the transmission power is

Check the output power setting

Check the Antenna

The transmitting antenna is connected with the antenna tuner. The

If there are no visible signs, you need to communicate with maker

Problem with reception

The first sign for a poor receiver is no sound on the MF/HF equipment.

If you do not hear any sound, try adjusting RF gain.

If you still do not hear anything, MF/HF is not receiving anything.

Another way to know if your receiver is OK is to check the time signal. If

R/T and NBDP weekly Test

You can test the R/T with a ship station.

To test R/T, Switch to a non-Distress R/T frequency and talk to a passing

Monthly test of MF/HF equipment include the inspection of aerials and

Any broken aerial or insulator. If any insulator or aerial is broken, order it

Keeping this in a perfect shape is the responsibility of ship staff. Testing

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