Federal Communications Commission § 80.302

45 degrees with the base of the auto (e) Portable alarm. transceivers which are type accepted to meet the requirements of this section [51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 58 FR 44952, Aug. 25, 1993] must be identified by an appropriate note in the Commission’s database. § 80.271 Technical requirements for [51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 63 portable survival craft - FR 36607, July 7, 1998] telephone transceivers. (a) Portable survival craft radio- § 80.273 Technical requirements for telephone transceivers must comply radar equipment. with the following: The technical requirements for radar (1) The transceivers must receive and equipment are contained in § 80.825. transmit either on 457.525 MHz or on 156.800 MHz; Subpart G—Safety Watch (2) The receiver must comply with Requirements and Procedures the requirements in part 15, subpart C of this chapter and must have a sensi- COAST STATION SAFETY WATCHES tivity of not more than 2 microvolts. The sensitivity requirement must be § 80.301 Watch requirements. met using the receiver sensitivity (a) Each public coast station oper- measurement procedure specified in ating on frequencies in the the Radio Technical Commission for band 405–535 kHz must maintain a Marine Services (RTCM) Special Com- watch for classes A1A, A2B and H2B mittee No. 66 Report MMS–R2; emissions by a licensed radiotelegraph (3) The effective radiated power of operator on the frequency 500 kHz for the transmitter must be at least 0.1 three minutes twice each hour, begin- watt; ning at x h.15 and x h.45 Coordinated (4) The transceivers must be battery Universal Time (UTC). powered and operate for at least four (b) Each public coast station licensed hours with a transmit to receive ratio to operate in the band 1605–3500 kHz of 1:9 with no significant adverse effect must monitor such frequency(s) as are upon the performance of the device; used for working or, at the licensee’s (5) The transceivers must have a per- discretion, maintain a watch on 2182 manently attached waterproof label kHz. with the statement ‘‘Complies with the (c) Except for distress, urgency or FCC requirements for survival craft safety messages, coast stations must two-way radiotelephone equipment’’; not transmit on 2182 kHz during the si- and lence periods for three minutes twice (6) The must be permanently each hour beginning at x h.00 and x h.30 attached to the device or its removal Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). must require the use of a special tool. (d) Each public coast station must (b) Portable radiotelephone provide assistance for distress commu- transceivers that are already certifi- nications when requested by the Coast cated may be used to satisfy the sur- Guard. vival craft radiotelephone requirement until October 1, 1993, provided the de- § 80.302 Notice of discontinuance, re- vice meets the technical requirements duction, or impairment of service in paragraphs (a) (1) through (3) of this involving a distress watch. section. (a) When changes occur in the oper- (c) Survival craft radiotelephone ation of a public coast station which equipment installed after October 1, include discontinuance, reduction or 1988, must be certificated to meet the suspension of a watch required to be requirements of this section. maintained on 500 kHz, 2182 kHz, or (d) After October 1, 1993, all portable 156.800 MHz, notification must be made radiotelephone transceivers that are by the licensee to the nearest district used to satisfy the survival craft radio- office of the U.S. Coast Guard as soon telephone requirement must have been as practicable. The notification must certificated to meet the requirements include the estimated or known re- of this section. sumption time of the watch.

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(b) [Reserved] cer using either a loudspeaker or head- phone. § 80.303 Watch on 156.800 MHz (b) Each ship station operating on te- (Channel 16). lephony on frequencies in the band (a) During its hours of operation, 1605–3500 kHz must maintain a watch each coast station operating in the 156– on the frequency 2182 kHz. This watch 162 MHz band and serving rivers, bays must be maintained at least twice each and inland lakes except the Great hour for 3 minutes commencing at x Lakes, must maintain a safety watch h.00 and x h.30 Coordinated Universal on the frequency 156.800 MHz except Time (UTC) using either a loudspeaker when transmitting on 156.800 MHz. or headphone. Expect for distress, ur- (b) A coast station is exempt from gency or safety messages, ship stations compliance with the watch require- must not transmit during the silence ment when Federal, State, or Local periods on 2182 kHz. Government stations maintain a watch on 156.800 MHz over 95% of the coast § 80.305 Watch requirements of the station’s service area. Each licensee Communications Act and the Safety exempted by rule must notify the near- Convention. est district office of the U.S. Coast (a) Each ship of the United States Guard at least thirty days prior to dis- which is equipped with a radio- continuing the watch, or in the case of telegraph station for compliance with new stations, at least thirty days prior part II of title III of the Communica- to commencing service. The Coast tions Act or chapter IV of the Safety Guard may require any coast station to Convention must: maintain the watch temporarily or per- manently. The Coast Guard may also (1) Keep a continuous and efficient require any coast station to remain ca- watch on 500 kHz by means of radio of- pable of either immediately resuming ficers while being navigated in the the watch or providing the Coast Guard open sea outside a harbor or port. In direct dial-up access to the necessary lieu thereof, on a cargo ship equipped 156.800 MHz transceiver at no charge so with a radiotelegraph auto alarm in that the Coast Guard can maintain the proper operating condition, an efficient watch. watch on 500 kHz must be maintained (c) If the government station(s) pro- by means of a radio officer for at least viding the 156.800 MHz watch over the 8 hours per day in the aggregate, i.e., service area of an exempt station tem- for at least one-third of each day or porarily discontinues that watch, the portion of each day that the vessel is exempt coast station upon receiving navigated in the open sea outside of a notice of this condition must maintain harbor or port. the watch on 156.800 HMz during the (2) Keep a continuous and efficient discontinuance. Automated maritime watch on the radiotelephone distress communications systems’ compliance frequency 2182 kHz from the principal with this requirement is limited to the radio operating position or the room use of existing facilities. from which the vessel is normally steered while being navigated in the [51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 52 open sea outside a harbor or port. A ra- FR 35245, Sept. 18, 1987; 63 FR 40063, July 27, 1998] diotelephone distress frequency watch receiver having a loudspeaker and a ra- SHIP STATION SAFETY WATCHES diotelephone auto alarm facility must be used to keep the continuous watch § 80.304 Watch requirement during si- on 2182 kHz if such watch is kept from lence periods. the room from which the vessel is nor- (a) Each ship station operating on te- mally steered. After a determination legraphy frequencies in the band 405– by the master that conditions are such 535 kHz, must maintain a watch on the that maintenance of the listening frequency 500 kHz of three minutes watch would interfere with the safe twice each hour beginning at x h.15 and navigation of the ship, the watch may x h.45 Coordinated Universal Time be maintained by the use of the radio- (UTC) by a licensed radiotelegraph offi- telephone auto alarm facility alone.

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