§ 80.880   Vessel radio equipment.

   (a) Vessels operated solely within twenty nautical miles of shore must be
   equipped  with  a VHF radiotelephone installation as described in this
   subpart, and maintain a continuous watch on Channel 16.

   (b) Vessels operated solely within one hundred nautical miles of shore must
   be equipped with a medium frequency transmitter capable of transmitting J3E
   emission and a receiver capable of reception of J3E emission within the band
   1710  to  2850 kHz, in addition to the VHF radiotelephone installation
   required by paragraph (a) of this section, and must maintain a continuous
   watch on 2182 kHz. Additionally, such vessels must be equipped with either:

   (1) A single sideband radiotelephone capable of operating on all distress
   and safety frequencies in the medium frequency and high frequency bands
   listed in § 80.369(a) and (b), on all the ship-to-shore calling frequencies
   in the high frequency bands listed in § 80.369(d), and on at least four of
   the automated mutual-assistance vessel rescue (AMVER) system HF duplex
   channels (this requirement may be met by the addition of such frequencies to
   the radiotelephone installation required by paragraph (b) of this section);
   or

   (2) If operated in an area within the coverage of an INMARSAT maritime
   mobile geostationary satellite in which continuous alerting is available, an
   INMARSAT ship earth station meeting the equipment authorization rules of
   parts 2 and 80 of this chapter.

   [ 68 FR 46973 , Aug. 7, 2003]

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