Sec. 80.271  Technical requirements for portable survival craft 
          radiotelephone transceivers.

    (a) Portable survival craft radiotelephone transceivers must comply 
with the following:
    (1) The transceivers must receive and transmit either on 457.525 MHz 
or on 156.800 MHz;
    (2) The receiver must comply with the requirements in part 15, 
subpart C of this chapter and must have a sensitivity of not more than 2 
microvolts. The sensitivity requirement must be met using the receiver 
sensitivity measurement procedure specified in the Radio Technical 
Commission for Marine Services (RTCM) Special Committee No. 66 Report 
MMS-R2;
    (3) The effective radiated power of the transmitter must be at least 
0.1 watt;
    (4) The transceivers must be battery powered and operate for at 
least four hours with a transmit to receive ratio of 1:9 with no 
significant adverse effect upon the performance of the device;
    (5) The transceivers must have a permanently attached waterproof 
label with the statement ``Complies with the FCC requirements for 
survival craft two-way radiotelephone equipment''; and
    (6) The antenna must be permanently attached to the device or its 
removal must require the use of a special tool.
    (b) Portable radiotelephone transceivers that are already type 
accepted may be used to satisfy the survival craft radiotelephone 
requirement until October 1, 1993, provided the device meets the 
technical requirements in paragraphs (a) (1) through (3) of this 
section.
    (c) Survival craft radiotelephone equipment installed after October 
1, 1988, must be type accepted to meet the requirements of this section.
    (d) After October 1, 1993, all portable radiotelephone transceivers 
that are used to satisfy the survival craft radiotelephone requirement 
must have been type accepted to meet the requirements of this section.
    (e) Portable radiotelephone transceivers which are type accepted to 
meet the requirements of this section must be identified by an 
appropriate note in the Commission's Radio Equipment List.