3 Call Signs Mms Mid

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Phonetic Alphabet

Call sign

MID

MMSI

INMARSAT number

Other Identification numbers

GMDSS IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS

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A ALFA AL-FAH N NOVEMBER NO-VEM-BERB BRAVO BRAH-VOH O OSCAR OSS-CAHC CHARLIE CHAR-LEE P PAPA PAH-PAHD DELTA DEL-TAH Q QUEBEC KEH-BECKE ECHO ECK-OH R ROMEO ROW-ME-OHF FOXTROT FOKS-TROT S SIERRA SEE-AIR-RAHG GOLF GOLF T TANGO TANG-GOH HOTEL HOH-TELL U UNIFORM YOU-NEE-FORMI INDIA IN-DEE-AH V VICTOR VIK-TAHJ JULIETT JEW-LEE-ETT W WHISKEY WISS-KEYK KILO KEY-LOH X X-RAY ECKS-RAYL LIMA LEE-MAH Y YANKEE YANG-KEYM MIKE MIKE Z ZULU ZOO-LOO

PHONETIC ALPHABET

. DECIMAL


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0 Nadazero NAH-DAH-ZAY-ROH

1 Unaone OO-NAH-WUN

2 Bissotwo BEES-SOH-TOO

3 Terrathree TAY-RAH-TREE

4 Kartefour KAR-TAY-FOWER

5 Pentafive PAN-TAH-FIVE

6 Soxisix SOK-SEE-SIX

7 Setteseven SAY-TAY-SEVEN

8 Oktoeight OK-TOH-AIT

9 Novenine NO-VAY-NINER

PHONETIC ALPHABET


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Station License & Radio Safety Certificate

The first and foremost piece of documentation that the GMDSS

operator should be concern with is the station license. All radio

stations must have a station license. The current license must

be posted at the principal control point of each station. A

station license gives a vessel its International Radio Call Sign

(IRCS), Selcall (Selective Calling) number, and its Maritime

Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) number. These identities are

issued by the flag state but are regulated by the ITU. MMSI

and Selcall numbers will be discussed in later chapters, but

Call Signs are important to know about the combination of

characters and numbers to form them.



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Station License & Radio Safety Certificate

Call signs in the international series are formed as indicated in

the ITU Article 19 of the International Radio Regulations. The

first two characters shall be two letters or a letter followed by a

digit or a digit followed by a letter. The first two characters or in

certain cases the first character of a call sign would constitute

the nationality identification of the vessel.



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The following is how call signs are formed by

following ITU regulations

Land and Fixed Stations

two characters and one letter, or

two characters and one letter followed by not more than three

digits (other than the digits 0 and 1 in cases where they

immediately follow a letter).

As far as possible, the call signs of fixed stations consist of:

two characters and one letter followed by two digits (other

than the digits 0 and 1 in cases where they immediately follow a

letter).



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Ship Stations

two characters and two letters, or

two characters, two letters and one digit (other than the

digits 0 or 1).

ship stations employing only radiotelephony may also use a

call sign consisting of:

two characters (provided that the second is a letter) followed

by four digits (other than the digits 0 or 1 in cases where they

immediately follow a letter), or

two characters and one letter followed by four digits (other

than the digits 0 or 1 in cases where they immediately follow a

letter).



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Aircraft stations two characters and three letters.

Ships survival craft stations

the call sign of the parent ship followed by two digits

(other than the digits 0 or 1 in cases where they immediately

follow a letter).



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For example:

Call Signs beginning with Flag of Vessel

AA-AZ US

GA-GZ UK

KA-KZ USA

NA-NZ USA

WA-WZ USA

2A-2Z UK

TC TURKISH MERCHANT SHIP

TB TURKISH NAVAL SHIP

YM TURKISH YATCH SHIP

TAA-TCZ TURKISH SHORE STATION



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TCTD M/V Suat Ulusoy

TCPY3 M/V Kurtarma-4

TBKS TCG Yavuz

TBJM TCG Turgutreis

TAI Izmir Turk shore station

TAH Istanbul Turk shore station

YM2941 Turkish flag yatch or small craft/vessel



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A single MID has been allocated to each country. A

second MID can be assigned once the MID first or

subsequently allocated is more than 80% exhausted and

the rate of assignments is such that 90% exhaustion is

foreseen.

A listing of MIDs assigned to each country is provided in

table 1 to Appendix 43 of the ITU Radio Regulations.


MID-Maritime Identification Digit


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A MID always starts with a digit from 2 to 7 (not with the

beginning of 1, 8, 9 and 0)

Samples of some MIDs are as follows:

USA 366 or 367

Turkey 271

Alaska 303

Bahamas 308

Hawaii 338

Panama 352 or 353

Cayman Islands 319

United Kingdom 232


MID-Maritime Identification Digit


MARITIME IDENTIFICATION DIGITS ( M I D )

No COUNTRY No COUNTRY No COUNTRY No COUNTRY

201 Albania 307 Aruba 466 Qatar 624 Ethiopia

202 Andora 308 Bahamas 468 Syrian 626 Gabonese

203 Austria 310 Bermuda 470 UAE 627 Ghana

204 Azores 312 Belize 473 Yemen 629 Gambia

205 Belgium 314 Barbados 475 Yemen 630 Guinea

206 Belarus 316 Canada 477 Hong Kong 631 Equatoral Guinea

207 Bulgaria 319 Cayman Island 501 Adelie Land 632 Guine

208 Vatican 321 Costa Rica 503 Australia 633 Burkina

209-210 Cyprus 323 Cuba 506 Myanmar 634 Kenya

211 Germany 325 Dominica 508 Brunei 635 Kerguelen Island

213 Georgia 327 Dominican Rep 510 Micronesia 636 Liberia

215 Eritrea 329 Guadalupe 512 New Zealand 642 Libya

218 Germany 330 Grenada 514 Cambodia 644 Lesotho

219 Denmark 331 Greenland 516 Christmas Island 645 Mauritius

224 Spain 332 Guatemala 518 Cook Islands 647 Madagascar

227 France 334 Honduras 520 Fiji 649 Mali

230 Finland 336 Haiti 523 Cocos 650 Mozambique

231 Faroe Islands 338 Hawaii 525 Indonesia 654 Mauritania

232-233 UK 339 Jamaica 529 Kiribati 655 Malawi

236 Gibraltar 341 Saints Kitts 531 Lao 656 Niger

237 Greece 343 Saint Lucia 533 Malaysia 657 Nigeria

238 Croatia 345 Mexico 536 Northern Marina Isl. 659 Namibia

239 Greece 347 Martinique 538 Marshall Island 660 Reunion

242 Morocco 348 Montserrat 540 New Caledonia 661 Rwandese

243 Hungary 350 Nicaragua 542 Niue 662 Sudan

244-246 Netherlands 352-353Panama 544 Nauru 663 Senegal

247 Italy 358 Puert Rico 546 French Polynesia 664 Seychelles

249 Malta 361 Saint Pierre 548 Philippines 665 Saint Helena

250 Ireland 362 Trinidat 553 Papua New Guinea666 Somali

251 Iceland 364 Turks and Caicos 555 Pitcairn Island 667 Sierra Leone

252 Liechtenstein 366 USA 557 Solomon Islands 668 Sao Tome

253 Luxembourg 376 Saint Vicent 559 American Samoa 669 Swaziland

254 Monaco 378 Virgin Islands 561 Western Samoa 670 Chad

255 Madeira 401 Afganistan 563 Singapore 671 Togolese

256 Malta 403 Saudi Arabia 567 Thailand 672 Tunisia

257-259 Norway 405 Bangladesh 570 Tonga 674 Tanzania

261 Poland 408 Bahrain 572 Tuvalu 675 Uganda

263 Portugal 410 Bhutan 574 Viet Nam 676 Zaire

264 Romania 412 China 576 Vanuatu 677 Zanzibar

265 Sweden 416 Taiwan 578 Walls and Futuna 678 Zambia

267 Slovak 417 Sri Lanka 601 South Africa 679 Zimbabwe

268 San Marino 419 India 603 Angola 701 Argentine

269 Switzerland 422 Iran 605 Algeria 710 Brazil

270 Czech 425 Iraq 607 Amsterdam Island 720 Bolivia

271 Trkiye 428 Israel 608 Ascension 725 Chile

272 Ukraine 431 Japan 609 Burundi 730 Colombia

273 Russian F. 438 Jordan 610 Benin 735 Ecuador

274 Macedonia 440 Korea 611 Botswana 740 Falkland

275 Latvia 445 DemocraticKorea 612 Central Africa 745 Guiana

276 Estonia 447 Kuwait 613 Camerun 750 Guyana

277 Lithunia 450 Lebnon 615 Congo 755 Paraguay

278 Slovenia 453 Macao 616 Comoros 760 Peru

279 Yugoslavia 455 Maldives 617 Cape Verde 765 Suriname

301 Anguilla 457 Mongolia 618 Crozet Archipelago770 Uruguay

303 Alaska 459 Nepal 619 Cote D'ivore 775 Venezuella

304 Antigua 461 Oman 621 Djibouti

306 Netherlands 463 Pakistan 622 Egypt

VESSEL NAME Call S. SAT-C No.1 SAT-C No.2 MID NO.

NMET TCOR 4 271 14030

HSAN TCLQ 4 271 11250 4 271 11251 271 000 291

KEVSER GNE TCRX 4 271 11380 271 000 343

SUAT ULUSOY TCDT 4 271 11750

ZZET NCEKARA TCIR 4 271 12750 - 271 000 449

LTER CAB TCVH 4 271 13160 - 271 000 456

RIDVAN ZERLER 4 271 13690 271 000 507

YKSEL GLER 271 000 543

RAHM PAK TCRP 4 271 13230 4 271 13231

MMET PISAK TCNI 4 271 13080 4 271 13081

FKRET MANOLU TCFO 4 271 13030 4 271 13040 271 000 406

MUSTAFA NEVZAT TCWP 4 271 13440 - 271 000 528

ABDN PAK TCZQ 4 271 13460 - 271 000 529

OCEAN REGION CODES

AOR-W AOR-E IOR POR

TELEX 584 581 583 582

VOICE / FAX 870 870 870 870

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There are now six kinds of Maritime Mobile

Service identities:

Ship station identities,

Group ship station identities,

Coast station identities,

Group coast station identities.

SAR aircraft

Navigational aids and craft associated with a parent ship


MMSI-Maritime Mobile Service

Note : In the Turkey, these MMSIs are reserved for the Ky Emniyeti Genel

Mdrl (Telsiz leri Mdrl)


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Type of MMSI number Structure of the number

Individual vessel M1I2D3X4X5X6X7X8X9

Group of vessels 01M2I3D4X5X6X7X8X9

Shore station orgroup of shore stations

0102M3I4D5X6X7X8X9

SAR aircrafts 111213M4I5D6X7X8X9

Navigation aids 9192M3I4D5X6X7X8X9Structure of a MMSI number.

The structure of the different kind of MMSI numbers is summarized in the following table.

The structure of the different kind of MMSI numbers is

summarized in the following table.



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Ship Station Identities

The 9-digit code constituting a ship station identity is

formed as follows:

MIDXXXXXX

271000345

(Note : Where the first figure is zero and X is any figure from 0 to 9).




Ship Station IdentitiesGMDSS IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS

Selective Call with DSC

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Group Ship Station Call Identities

Group ship station call identities for calling simultaneously

more than one ship are formed by the group. These

identities must follow the following pattern:

0MIDXXXXX

027104754






Group Call with DSC

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The particular MID is not required to be in the group

identity but could represent only the flag of the group or

group leader. It has been recommended to choose a

group leader and base the group MMSI on the MMSI of

the leader, so as to prevent duplicate group MMSI

numbers in the area.




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Coast Station Identities

Coast station identities are formed as follows:

00MIDXXXX

002711000 The MID reflects the country in which the coast station or coast

earth station is located.

Example the MMSI number of stanbul Turk Radio is

002711000 .





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Group Coast Station Call Identities

Group coast station call identities for calling simultaneously

more than one coast station are formed as a subset of coast

station identities, as follows:

00MIDXXXX

002715498





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A MMSI number consists of 9 digits.

Ship station 271000123

Ship group station 027101234

Shore station 002711000

Shore group station 002710123

in substance;


http://www.itu.int/online/mms/mars/ship_search.sh?lang=en&lgg=7&p=1&sh_name=Ship

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Turkeys shore stations MMSI numbers;

002711000 (stanbul Trk Radio)

002712000 (Samsun Trk Radio)

002713000 (Antalya Trk Radio)

002714000 (anakkale Trk Radio)

002715000 (skenderun Trk Radio)

002716000 (zmir Trk Radio)

002717000 (Mersin Trk Radio)

002718000 (Trabzon Trk Radio)

002719000 (Zonguldak Trk Radio)




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AIS search and rescue transmitters (SART) use the format

917203X4X5Y6Y7Y8Y9, where the digits 4 and 5 are

assigned by the International Association for Marine

Electronics Companies (CIRM) and refer to the SART

manufacturer, and digits 6, 7, 8 and 9 are sequential digits

assigned by the manufacturer identifying the SART.


AIS-SART

(Search And Rescue Transmitter) Identifier


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AIS SART Identifier (example) 970089003





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According to Recommendation ITU-R M.585-4, Search

and Rescue (SAR) aircrafts, used to assist in search and

rescue operations, use MMSI's with the block 111 as the

leading three digits, followed by the country MID and 5

number indicate SAR helicopter/1 number indicate SAR

plane and then two digits to indicate the individual

aircraft.

SAR Airplane 111MID1XX

SAR Helicopter 111MID5XX


SAR Aircraft MMSI


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These blocks allocated to Turkey for SAR aircraft

Relating to SAR Airplane MMSI Blocks 111271100 - 111271199

Relating to SAR Helicopter MMSI Blocks 111271500 - 111271599





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AIS used as an aid to navigation uses the format

9192M3I4D5X6X7X8X9 where the digits 3, 4 and 5 represent the

MID and X is any figure from 0 to 9.

In the Turkey, these MMSIs are reserved for the Ky Emniyeti

Genel Mdrl (Telsiz leri Mdrl)

Physical AIS AtoN 99MID1XXX

Virtual AIS AtoN 99MID6XXX

99MID1XXX Physical AIS AtoN 992711000-992715999

99MID6XXX Virtual AIS AtoN 992716000-992719999

These blocks allocated to Turkey for AIS AtoN;


AIS Aids to Navigation (AtoN)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navigational_aids

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AIS and DSC equipment used on craft associated with a

parent ship, such as a launch, uses the format

9182M3I4D5X6X7X8X9 where the digits 3, 4 and 5 represent

the MID and X is any figure from 0 to 9.

Allocated Blocks 982710000-982719999


Craft Associated with a Parent Ship

These blocks allocated to Turkey for Craft Associated

With a Parent Ship;


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FleetNET is a service which enables you to reach a group of

ships, e.g. all the ships of the same company, with one single

transmission from the shore. Company (fleet) messages are

broadcast using FleetNET service and will be only received

by vessels whose INMARSAT equipment is programmed

according to the company's own Enhanced Network Identity

(ENID). ENID number consists of 5 digits.

FleetNET messages are messages addressed to a dedicated

group of mobile stations such as all ships from the same

company or all ships from the same country (having the same

nationality).

EGC ENID (Enhanced Network Identity Digit) 12748


INMARSAT EGC Fleet Net Identification


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In telex communication the original identification number of

the NBDP/Telex system was a SELCALL number. This is

short for selective calling. Each station was assigned a

number along with its radio call sign. SELCALL numbers are

arranged as follows:

Coast Station SELCALL : 4 digit number,

Example; stanbul Trk Radio is 4360

Ship Station SELCALL : 5 digit number,

Example; M/V ALTAIR is 44310


Selcall Numbers


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Selcall Numbers

These blocks allocated to Turkey for Shore SELCALL

4360 4399

These blocks allocated to Turkey for Ship SELCALL

56400 56599 and 65700 - 65999

These blocks allocated to Turkey for Telex ID. Number


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To ensure connectivity is maintained with the correct coast /

ship station or telex network subscriber, Automatic Answer

Backs (AAB) are normally exchanged at the beginning and

end of each communication. Each telex terminal and telex

subscriber ashore has its own individual AAB for

identification purposes. This AAB is programmed into the

terminal equipment and may be actuated by depressing the

HERE IS short-cut key on the keyboard. The AAB is also

transmitted in response to interrogation from other SITOR or

Telex terminals.


Answebacks


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For Example:

3220 AUTO G

3220 is Portishead Radios selcall number

Auto indicates that the auto telex service has been accessed

G indicates the country (in this case the UK)

45543 MFLD X

45543 is the ships selcall number

MFLD is the ships call sign

X indicates that it is a ship station


Answebacks


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The Inmarsat Mobile Number (IMN) is the subscriber'snumber, which is used for calling a terminal. It performsexactly the same function as a telephone number. To obtainan IMN and activate an Inmarsat station it is necessary tocontact the Point of Service Activation (PSA).

The PSA is an entity that has taken out a contract withInmarsat for the activation and maintenance of records andaccounts of Inmarsat terminals. A PSA in some cases can bea one-stop shop for service activation, terminal equipmentprovision and customer support.


Inmarsat Terminal Numbers


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The PSA may not necessarily operate within the countrywhere the vessel is registered, but the PSA must abide by theappropriate national regulatory framework. The Fleet terminalmust meet all national licensing requirements.

The PSA is responsible for the enforcement of any nationallicensing requirements.

Instant recognition by the SES is possible, given the distinctidentification number system for each satellite system. Forsystems B,C and M it includes MID after the initial digitfollowed by any 5 digits (usually combined with MMSI). Thefleet system indentification begins with 76 or 60 followed byany 7 digits.




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Some examples:

INMARSAT-B Ships:

COSTA CLASSICA 324798181;

MAERSK ABERDEEN 347700140

INMARSAT-C Ships:

SEA EMPRESS 431252310;

MAERSK ABERDEEN 447701033

INMARSAT-Fleet 77 Ships:

SEA EMPEROR 600935012 (DATA), 764848792 (VOICE);

LUCIJA 600958665 (DATA), 764881430 (VOICE);




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