The present document states the minimum requirements for general communication for shipborne fixed installations using DSC - class D.
Class D DSC is intended be used in the Very High Frequency (VHF) band of the Maritime Mobile Service (MMS), for
distress, urgency and safety communication and general communications using telephony for subsequent communications.
The present document is part 3 of a multi-part deliverable that covers the requirements to be fulfilled by equipment that is either integrated with a transmitter and/or a receiver or equipment that is a stand-alone DSC terminal.
These requirements include the relevant provisions and the guidelines of the IMO as detailed in MSC/Circ.803 [i.1] for
non-SOLAS vessels participating in the GMDSS as well as Commission Decision of 4 September 2003
(2004/71/EC [i.5]).
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