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Why must all VHF Distress, Urgency and Safety communications (as well as VTS traffic calls) be performed in Simplex operating mode?

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Why must all VHF Distress, Urgency and Safety communications (as well as VTS traffic calls) be performed in Simplex operating mode?

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• Simplex vs. duplex operation on VHF and what each one means in practice • The purpose of Distress, Urgency, Safety and VTS calls (who needs to hear them) • How all stations monitoring the channel participate in a MAYDAY, PAN-PAN, or SECURITÉ situation

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• Think about whether, in an emergency, it is important for nearby ships to hear only the distressed vessel, or to hear the full conversation between that vessel and the coast station. • Consider what happens if a ship can hear the coast station but cannot hear the vessel in distress (or vice versa). How would that affect their ability to assist? • Ask yourself: in simplex mode, who can hear whom? In duplex mode, who might be left out of the exchange?

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• Verify which answer choice focuses on all nearby vessels being able to monitor and understand the entire exchange. • Check which options describe filtering or limiting who is heard; would that be desirable in a distress situation? • Confirm your choice matches the idea that every station listening on that channel should be able to fully follow and respond to the situation if needed.

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Why must all VHF Distress, Urgency and Safety communications (as well as VTS traffic calls) be performed in Simplex operating mode?

To minimize interference from vessels engaged in routine communications.

To ensure that vessels not directly participating in the communications can hear both sides of the radio exchange .

To enable an RCC or Coast station to only hear communications from the vessel actually in distress.

To allow an RCC or Coast station to determine which transmissions are from other vessels and which transmissions are from the vessel actually in distress.

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Why must all VHF Distress, Urgency and Safety communications (as well as VTS traffic calls) be performed in Simplex operating mode?

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Why must all VHF Distress, Urgency and Safety communications (as well as VTS traffic calls) be performed in Simplex operating mode?

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