🔍 Key Concepts
• GMDSS radio log requirements under SOLAS and national regulations
• The difference between what is logged "always" vs. only when it affects your own ship
• Which types of GMDSS communications (Distress, Urgency, Safety, routine, company traffic) must be recorded
💭 Think About
• Look carefully at which options mention all communications versus only those that affect your own ship. Is that wording consistent with actual GMDSS log rules?
• Think about routine company messages over satellite: are they treated the same way as Distress, Urgency, and Safety messages for log purposes?
• For each choice, ask: does SOLAS/GMDSS say this must be logged exactly as written, or is this option adding an extra requirement that doesn’t exist?
✅ Before You Answer
• For each option, compare the wording to the idea that you must log Distress, Urgency, and Safety communications, plus tests and failures of compulsory equipment.
• Verify whether all company communications using GMDSS satellite equipment are required to be logged, or only certain categories.
• Confirm that failures and tests of compulsory GMDSS equipment are specifically mentioned as log items in the regulations.