Update Instructions No. 1
for
ME101/102 and ME103 Student Manuals
1 January 2004
This update sheet contains a total of 31 corrections to the ME101/102 and ME103 Student Manuals that are needed to correct some typo errors and to provide improvements that were suggested by EMSCom committee members, instructors, and students to make this course material a better learning tool for our members. Our thanks to all for their suggestions and contributions.
ME101, Boat Electrical Systems
Item* Chapter Page Para Line Comment
1. 2 21 Topic
heading in Figure 17, second line. Change “
“OE” to “OR”.
2. 2 22 38 6 Delete “natural
gray” and replace with “light blue”.
3. 2 29 Homework
Question 6. In the question stem delete
“appliances
(not motors)” and replace with
“electronic
equipment”
4. 4 52 22 2 Change
(Figure 29) to (Figure 30).
5. 4 52 22 3 Delete “DC” and
replace with “AC”
6. 7 94 Homework
Question 18. Delete this question in its
entirety.
7. 7 94 Homework
Question 19. Delete this question in its
entirety.
ME102, Marine Radio Communications
Item# Chapter Page Para Line Comments
1. 4 28 42 Add
the following sentences to the end of this
paragraph: “The
FCC now requires that all
license
applications be accompanied with a FCC
Registration
Number (FRN). FRNs are obtained
by
submitting a CORES Registration Form which
can
be filled out on line at www.FCC.gov, or
can be
ordered
by calling toll free 1-888-FCC-Call.”
3. 4 28 43 3 Change “Form
506-A” and “form 506” on this line
to “Form
605”. The FCC replaced form 506 and
many
others with form 605 in March 2003
4. 4 28 44 3 Change
Form 506 to Form 605
5. 4 28 45 8 Change
FCC form 405-B to FCC Form 605.
6. 4 28 47 3 Change
Form 506 to Form 605.
7. 4 28 47 9 Change
Form 506 to Form 605.
8. 4 28 50 4 Change
Form 502 to Form 605.
9 4 29 56 3 Change
Form 753 to Form 605
10. 4 31 Homework
Question 5, Answer b. Change “no
one” to “no
one other than the addressee”
11. 4 32 3 Homework
Question 17. Change the first
sentence
of this question to read: “You are
operating
your 45 foot powerboat off the East Coast
of
Florida and are planning to enter Bahamian ports
and
use your VHF marine radio during your two
week
cruise.”
12 5 36 25 5&6 Delete
the last two sentences, and add: “This service is
not
presently available although the channels remain
reserved
for this service.”
13. 5 37 Table
2. At the bottom of the Table under”Weather
Broadcast”,
add: WX-8 162.550, WX-9 162.600,
WX-10
162.625
14. 5 38 33 1 Change “Channels
WX-1 through WX-7” to
“Channels
WX-1 through WX-10”
15. 5 39 Homework
Question 8. Under Answer “c”, delete
12
nm and replace with 20 nm
16. 6 44 15 5 Between “ship” and “radio
set” add: “is underway
and
the”
17. 6 44 16 1 Change
the first line of this sentence to read “By
listening
on VHF channel 16 and MF 2185 kHz
18. 6 45 18 Delete
the entire text of this paragraph and add the
following: “Recreational
vessels not equipped
with
DSC must maintain a watch on 156.00 MHz
(Channel
16) whenever the vessel is underway and
the
radio is not being used to communicate. Those
recreational
vessels equipped with VHF-DSC
equipment
must maintain a watch on either
156.525
MHz (Channel 70) or VHF Channel 16
aurally
whenever the vessel is underway and the
radio
is not being used to communicate.
19 7 63 25 Add
the following to the end of this paragraph:
“Recreational
vessels voluntarily fitting GMDSS
Subsystems
must have their radios turned on and set
to
the proper watch channels while underway.”
20. 7 70 Homework
Question 19. Delete this question in its
entirety
and renumber the remaining questions.
ME103, ELECTRONICS FOR NAVIGATION
Item# Chapter Page Para Line Comment
1. 2 10 7 At
the end of this paragraph add the following: The
LCD
display uses a sheet of LCD material between
Two
sheets of transparent material. The liquid
crystals
are normally white, and when swept
electronically
will turn black. The liquid crystals
produce
no illumination and must be illuminated
either
by daylight or artificial light.
2 5 42 8 Add
the following to the end of this paragraph: “All
of
the data provided by the coded signals is needed
by
the GPS receiver to provide an accurate fix.
3. 5 44 16 Add
to the end of the last sentence in this paragraph
the
following phrase: 95 percent of the time.”
4. 5 52 Homework
Question 18. Delete the answer in “b”
and
replace with “the Federal Aviation
Administration.”
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