47 CFR Ch. I (10–1–12 Edition) § 80.167

§ 80.167 47 CFR Ch. I (10–1–12 Edition)

MINIMUM OPERATOR LICENSE—Continued Ship telephone, with or without DSC, more than 250 watts carrier power or 1,000 PG. watts peak envelope power. Ship telephone, with or without DSC, not more than 250 watts carrier power or 1,000 MP. watts peak envelope power. Ship telephone, with or without DSC, not more than 100 watts carrier power or 400 watts peak envelope power. Above 30 MHz ...... None.1 Below 30 MHz ...... RP. Ship earth station ...... RP. 1 RP required for compulsory ships and international voyages.

[76 FR 67611, Nov. 2, 2011] § 80.175 Availability of operator licenses. GENERAL OPERATOR REQUIREMENTS All operator licenses required by this § 80.167 Limitations on operators. subpart must be readily available for inspection. The operator of maritime radio equipment other than T–1, T–2, or G li- § 80.177 When operator license is not censees, must not: required. (a) Make equipment adjustments (a) No radio operator authorization is which may affect transmitter oper- required to operate: ation; (1) A shore radar, a shore radio- (b) Operate any transmitter which re- location, maritime support or shore quires more than the use of simple ex- radionavigation station; ternal switches or manual frequency (2) A survival craft station or an selection or transmitters whose fre- emergency position indicating radio quency stability is not maintained by beacon; the transmitter itself. (3) A ship radar station if: (i) The radar frequency is determined § 80.169 Operators required to adjust by a nontunable, pulse type magnetron transmitters or radar. or other fixed tuned device, and (a) All adjustments of radio trans- (ii) The radar is capable of being op- mitters in any radiotelephone station erated exclusively by external controls; or coincident with the installation, (4) An on board station; or servicing, or maintenance of such (5) A ship station operating in the equipment which may affect the proper VHF band on board a ship voluntarily operation of the station, must be per- equipped with radio and sailing on a formed by or under the immediate su- domestic voyage. pervision and responsibility of a person (b) No radio operator license is re- holding a first or second class radio- quired to install a VHF transmitter in telegraph operator’s certificate or a a ship station if the installation is general radiotelephone operator li- made by, or under the supervision of, cense. the licensee of the ship station and if (b) Only persons holding a first or modifications to the transmitter other second class radiotelegraph operator than front panel controls are not made. certificate must perform such func- (c) No operator license is required to tions at radiotelegraph stations trans- operate coast telephone stations or ma- mitting Morse code. rine utility stations. (d) No radio operator license is re- (c) Only persons holding an operator quired to install a radar station on a certificate containing a ship radar en- voluntarily equipped ship when a man- dorsement must perform such func- ual is included with the equipment tions on radar equipment. that provides step-by-step instructions [51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 54 for the installation, calibration, and FR 40058, Sept. 29, 1989] operation of the radar. The installation

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must be made by, or under the super- (6) The call must employ a fixed for- vision of, the licensee of that ship sta- mat and must be in conformity with tion and no modifications or adjust- Recommendation 493 as follows: ments other than to the front panel Format specifier: Individual call—symbol 120 controls are to be made to the equip- sent twice. ment. Address: 9 digit maritime mobile service identity of called station. [51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 53 Category: Routine—symbol 100. FR 41434, Oct. 28, 1987; 62 FR 40305, July 28, Self-identification: 9 digit ship station iden- 1997] tity. Message 1: Telecommand symbol 126 sent § 80.179 Unattended operation. twice. The following unattended trans- Message 2: Telecommand symbol 126 sent 6 mitter operations are authorized: times. End of sequence: Symbol 127. (a) EPIRB operations when emer- Error-check character: Check sum. gency conditions preclude attendance of the EPIRB transmitter by a person. (7) Such transmissions are permitted (b) Automatic use of a transmitter only on channel 70 and the transmitter during narrow-band direct-printing must be inhibited automatically when- (NB-DP) operations in accordance with ever there is another call in progress § 80.219. on Channel 70. (c) Automatic use of a transmitter (8) The call sequence for any one alarm must not be repeated until after during selective calling operations in an interval of at least five seconds. accordance with § 80.225. Further repetition is permitted only (d) Automatic use of a transmitter after intervals of at least fifteen min- when operating as part of the Auto- utes each. Repetitions following fif- mated Maritime Telecommunications teen-minute waiting intervals must System (AMTS), an automated multi- not exceed three. station system for which provisions are contained in this part, or an automated [54 FR 10008, Mar. 9, 1989, as amended at 62 public coast station. FR 40305, July 28, 1997; 68 FR 46962, Aug. 7, (e) Automatic use of a VHF trans- 2003; 73 FR 4481, Jan. 25, 2008; 76 FR 67611, mitter to send brief digital commu- Nov. 2, 2011] nications relating to the condition or safety of vessels while moored when all Subpart E—General Technical of the following conditions are met: Standards (1) The equipment must be using DSC in accordance with ITU–R M.493–13 and § 80.201 Scope. ITU–R M.541–9 (both incorporated by This subpart gives the general tech- reference, see § 80.7), as modified by nical requirements for the use of fre- this section. quencies and equipment in the mari- (2) Sensors must automatically acti- time services. These requirements in- vate the transmitter only under one or clude standards for equipment author- more of the following conditions: ization, frequency tolerance, modula- (i) Fire, explosion; tion, emission, power and bandwidth. (ii) Flooding; (iii) Collision; § 80.203 Authorization of transmitters (iv) Grounding; for licensing. (v) Listing, in danger of capsizing; (a) Each transmitter authorized in a (vi) Sinking; station in the maritime services after (vii) Disabled and adrift; and September 30, 1986, except as indicated (viii) Undesignated condition related in paragraphs (g), (h) and (i) of this sec- to ship safety. tion, must be certificated by the Com- (3) The ‘‘ROUTINE’’ DSC category mission for part 80 operations. The pro- must be used. cedures for certification are contained (4) Communications must be selec- in part 2 of this chapter. Transmitters tively addressed to an individual sta- of a model authorized before October 1, tion. 1986 will be considered type accepted (5) Transmitter output power must for use in ship or coast stations as ap- not exceed one watt. propriate.

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