Sec. 80.802  Inspection of station.

    (a) Every ship of the United States subject to Part II of Title III 
of the Communications Act or the radio provisions of the Safety 
Convention must have the required equipment inspected at least once 
every 12 months. If the ship is in compliance with the requirements of 
the Safety Convention, a Safety Certificate will be issued; if in 
compliance with the Communications Act, the license will be endorsed 
accordingly.
    (1) The effective date of ship safety certificates is the date the 
station is found to be in compliance or not later than one business day 
later.
    (2) At inspection, the minimum field strength capability of the main 
installation and reserve installation when connected to the main antenna 
may be shown by the licensee by one of the following methods:
    (i) Producing a record of communications on 500 kHz over a minimum 
distance of 370 kilometers (200 nautical miles) for the main 
installation and 185 kilometers (100 nautical miles) for the reserve 
installation which demonstrates the transmission and reception of 
clearly perceptible signals from ship to ship by day and under normal 
conditions and circumstances, or
    (ii) Provide documentation by a professional engineer, or a person 
holding a first or second class radiotelegraph operator's certificate, 
or a general radiotelephone operator license, that the installation 
produces at 1.85 kilometers (one nautical mile) a minimum field strength 
of thirty (30) millivolts per meter for the main installation and ten 
(10) millivolts per meter for the reserve installation. The licensee 
shall provide, at a minimum, the name and license number of the 
individual making the measurements or record of communications.
    (b) Certificates issued in accordance with the Safety Convention 
must be posted in a prominent and accessible place in the ship.
[ 51 FR 31213 , Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at  57 FR 26779 , June 16, 1992]