§  80.1017   Antenna system.

   (a) An antenna must be provided for nonportable bridge-to-bridge
   radiotelephone installations which is nondirectional and vertically
   polarized. The construction and installation of this antenna must
   insure proper operation in time of an emergency.

   (b) In cases where portable bridge-to-bridge equipment is permanently
   associated with a vessel, the equipment must be provided with a
   connector for an external antenna of a type capable of meeting
   requirements of paragraph (a) of this section and § 80.71. The vessel
   must be equipped with an external antenna meeting requirements of
   paragraph (a) of this section and § 80.71, capable of use with the
   portable equipment during a normal listening watch.