🔍 Key Concepts

• GMDSS survival craft radio equipment and its primary purpose under SOLAS Chapter IV • Who needs to coordinate directly during a search and rescue operation (ship, survival craft, rescue units, aircraft, shore stations) • The difference between on‑scene distress communications and normal ship/shore traffic

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: In an emergency, who absolutely must be able to talk directly with the people in the survival craft to coordinate rescue? • Which option describes communications that sound more like general ship/shore traffic rather than immediate life‑saving coordination? • Look at which choices clearly involve on‑scene units and which involve a more distant entity that usually handles routine traffic.

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which stations are specifically listed in SOLAS/ITU as intended users of portable survival craft VHF transceivers. • Check which option involves communication ashore rather than on‑scene units (ship, survival craft, rescue units, aircraft). • Confirm that survival craft transceivers are for distress and safety coordination, not for normal commercial or routine ship/shore correspondence.