Goto Section: 80.147 | 80.149 | Table of Contents
FCC 80.148
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 |
2016
§ 80.148 Watch on 156.8 MHz (Channel 16).
Each compulsory vessel, while underway, must maintain a watch for
radiotelephone distress calls on 156.800 MHz whenever such station is not
being used for exchanging communications. For GMDSS ships, 156.525 MHz is
the calling frequency for distress, safety, and general communications using
digital selective calling and the watch on 156.800 MHz is provided so that
ships not fitted with DSC will be able to call GMDSS ships, thus providing a
link between GMDSS and non-GMDSS compliant ships. The watch on 156.800 MHz
is not required:
(a) Where a ship station is operating only with handheld bridge-to-bridge
VHF radio equipment under § 80.143(c) of this part; or
(b) For vessels subject to the Bridge-to-Bridge Act and participating in a
Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) system when the watch is maintained on both the
bridge-to-bridge frequency and a separately assigned VTS frequency.
[ 51 FR 31213 , Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 58 FR 16504 , Mar. 29, 1993; 68 FR 46962 , Aug. 7, 2003; 73 FR 4480 , Jan. 25, 2008; 76 FR 67611 , Nov. 2, 2011]
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Goto Section: 80.147 | 80.149
Goto Year: 2014 |
2016
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