Contents

   Subpart A--General Information

   General
   § 80.1   Basis and purpose.
   § 80.2   Other regulations that apply.
   § 80.3   Other applicable rule parts of this chapter.
   § 80.5   Definitions.
   § 80.7   Incorporation by reference.

   Subpart B--Applications and Licenses
   § 80.11   Scope.
   § 80.13   Station license required.
   § 80.15   Eligibility for station license.
   § 80.17   Administrative classes of stations.
   § 80.21   Supplemental information required.
   § 80.25   License term.
   § 80.31   Cancellation of license.
   § 80.37   One authorization for a plurality of stations.
   § 80.39   Authorized station location.
   § 80.41   Control points and dispatch points.
   § 80.43   Equipment acceptable for licensing.
   § 80.45   Frequencies.
   § 80.47   Operation during emergency.
   § 80.49   Construction and regional service requirements.
   § 80.51   Ship earth station licensing.
   § 80.53   Application for a portable ship station license.
   § 80.54   Automated Maritime Telecommunications System (AMTS)--System
   Licensing.
   § 80.55   Application for a fleet station license.
   § 80.57   Canada/U.S.A. channeling arrangement for VHF maritime public
   correspondence.
   § 80.59   Compulsory ship inspections.
   § 80.60   Partitioned licenses and disaggregated spectrum.

   Subpart C--Operating Requirements and Procedures

   Station Requirements--General
   § 80.61   Commission inspection of stations.
   § 80.63   Maintenance of transmitter power.

   Station Requirements--Land Stations
   § 80.67   General facilities requirements for coast stations.
   § 80.68   Facilities requirements for public coast stations using
   telegraphy.
   § 80.69   Facilities requirement for public coast stations using
   telephony.
   § 80.70   Special conditions relative to coast station VHF facilities.
   § 80.71   Operating controls for stations on land.
   § 80.72   Antenna requirements for coast stations.
   § 80.74   Public coast station facilities for a telephony busy signal.
   § 80.76   Requirements for land station control points.

   Station Requirements--Ship Stations
   § 80.79   Inspection of ship station by a foreign Government.
   § 80.80   Operating controls for ship stations.
   § 80.81   Antenna requirements for ship stations.
   § 80.83   Protection from potentially hazardous RF radiation.

   Operating Procedures--General
   § 80.86   International regulations applicable.
   § 80.87   Cooperative use of frequency assignments.
   § 80.88   Secrecy of communication.
   § 80.89   Unauthorized transmissions.
   § 80.90   Suspension of transmission.
   § 80.91   Order of priority of communications.
   § 80.92   Prevention of interference.
   § 80.93   Hours of service.
   § 80.94   Control by coast or Government station.
   § 80.95   Message charges.
   § 80.96   Maintenance tests.
   § 80.97   Radiotelegraph operating procedures.
   § 80.98   Radiotelegraph testing procedures.
   § 80.99   Radiotelegraph station identification.
   § 80.100   Morse code requirement.
   § 80.101   Radiotelephone testing procedures.
   § 80.102   Radiotelephone station identification.
   § 80.103   Digital selective calling (DSC) operating procedures.
   § 80.104   Identification of radar transmissions not authorized.

   Operating Procedures--Land Stations
   § 80.105   General obligations of coast stations.
   § 80.106   Intercommunication in the mobile service.
   § 80.107   Service of private coast stations and marine-utility
   stations.
   § 80.108   Transmission of traffic lists by coast stations.
   § 80.109   Transmission to a plurality of mobile stations by a public
   coast station.
   § 80.110   Inspection and maintenance of antenna structure markings and
   associated control equipment.
   § 80.111   Radiotelephone operating procedures for coast stations.

   Operating Procedures--Ship Stations
   § 80.114   Authority of the master.
   § 80.115   Operational conditions for use of associated ship units.
   § 80.116   Radiotelephone operating procedures for ship stations.

   Special Procedures--Public Coast Stations
   § 80.121   Public coast stations using telegraphy.
   § 80.122   Public coast stations using facsimile and data.
   § 80.123   Service to stations on land.

   Special Procedures--Private Coast Stations
   § 80.131   Radioprinter operations.
   § 80.133   Private coast stations using facsimile in Alaska.

   Special Procedures--Ship Stations
   § 80.141   General provisions for ship stations.
   § 80.142   Ships using radiotelegraphy.
   § 80.143   Required frequencies for radiotelephony.
   § 80.145   [Reserved]

   Shipboard General Purpose Watches
   § 80.146   [Reserved]
   § 80.147   Watch on 2182 kHz.
   § 80.148   Watch on 156.8 MHz (Channel 16).

   Violations
   § 80.149   Answer to notice of violation.

   Subpart D--Operator Requirements
   § 80.151   Classification of operator licenses and endorsements.

   Coast Station Operator Requirements
   § 80.153   Coast station operator requirements.

   Ship Station Operator Requirements
   § 80.155   Ship station operator requirements.
   § 80.156   Control by operator.
   § 80.157   Radio officer defined.
   § 80.159   Operator requirements of Title III of the Communications Act
   and the Safety Convention.
   § 80.161   Operator requirements of the Great Lakes Radio Agreement.
   § 80.163   Operator requirements of the Bridge-to-Bridge Act.
   § 80.165   Operator requirements for voluntary stations.

   General Operator Requirements
   § 80.167   Limitations on operators.
   § 80.169   Operators required to adjust transmitters or radar.
   § 80.175   Availability of operator licenses.
   § 80.177   When operator license is not required.
   § 80.179   Unattended operation.

   Subpart E--General Technical Standards
   § 80.201   Scope.
   § 80.203   Authorization of transmitters for licensing.
   § 80.205   Bandwidths.
   § 80.207   Classes of emission.
   § 80.209   Transmitter frequency tolerances.
   § 80.211   Emission limitations.
   § 80.213   Modulation requirements.
   § 80.215   Transmitter power.
   § 80.217   Suppression of interference aboard ships.
   § 80.219   Special requirements for narrow-band direct-printing (NB-DP)
   equipment.
   § 80.221   Special requirements for automatically generating the
   radiotelephone alarm signal.
   § 80.223   Special requirements for survival craft stations.
   § 80.225   Requirements for selective calling equipment.
   § 80.227   Special requirements for protection from RF radiation.
   § 80.229   Special requirements for automatic link establishment (ALE).
   § 80.231   Technical Requirements for Class B Automatic Identification
   System (AIS) equipment.
   § 80.233   Technical requirements for Automatic Identification System
   Search and Rescue Transmitters (AIS-SART) equipment.

   Subpart F--Equipment Authorization for Compulsory Ships
   § 80.251   Scope.
   § 80.268   Technical requirements for radiotelephone installation.
   § 80.271   Technical requirements for portable survival craft
   radiotelephone transceivers.
   § 80.273   Radar standards.
   § 80.275   Technical Requirements for Class A Automatic Identification
   System (AIS) equipment.
   § 80.277   Ship Security Alert System (SSAS).
   § 80.288   Direction finding and homing equipment.
   § 80.289   Requirements for radio direction finder.
   § 80.290   Auxiliary receiving antenna.
   § 80.291   Installation of direction finder.
   § 80.292   Contingent acceptance of direction finder calibration.
   § 80.293   Check bearings by authorized ship personnel.

   Subpart G--Safety Watch Requirements and Procedures

   Coast Station Safety Watches
   § 80.301   Watch requirements.
   § 80.302   Notice of discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of service
   involving a distress watch.
   § 80.303   Watch on 156.800 MHz (Channel 16).

   Ship Station Safety Watches
   § 80.304   Watch requirement during silence periods.
   § 80.305   Watch requirements of the Communications Act and the Safety
   Convention.
   § 80.307   Compulsory use of radiotelegraph auto alarm.
   § 80.308   Watch required by the Great Lakes Radio Agreement.
   § 80.309   Watch required by the Bridge-to-Bridge Act.
   § 80.310   Watch required by voluntary vessels.

   Distress, Alarm, Urgency and Safety Procedures
   § 80.311   Authority for distress transmission.
   § 80.312   Priority of distress transmissions.
   § 80.313   Frequencies for use in distress.
   § 80.314   Distress communications.
   § 80.317   Radiotelegraph and radiotelephone alarm signals.
   § 80.318   Use of alarm signals.
   § 80.319   Radiotelegraph distress call and message transmission
   procedure.
   § 80.320   Radiotelephone distress call and message transmission
   procedure.
   § 80.321   Acknowledgement of receipt of distress message.
   § 80.322   Form of acknowledgement.
   § 80.323   Information furnished by an acknowledging station.
   § 80.324   Transmission of distress message by station not itself in
   distress.
   § 80.325   Control of distress traffic.
   § 80.326   Notification of resumption of normal working.
   § 80.327   Urgency signals and messages.
   § 80.329   Safety signals and messages.
   § 80.331   Bridge-to-bridge communication procedure.
   § 80.332   Equipment to aid search and rescue operations.
   § 80.333   Stations in the maritime mobile-satellite service.
   § 80.334   False distress alerts.
   § 80.335   Procedures for canceling false distress alerts.

   Subpart H--Frequencies

   Radiotelegraphy and Data
   § 80.351   Scope.
   § 80.353   [Reserved]
   § 80.355   Distress, urgency, safety, call and reply Morse code
   frequencies.
   § 80.357   Working frequencies for Morse code and data transmission.
   § 80.359   Frequencies for digital selective calling (DSC).
   § 80.361   Frequencies for narrow-band direct-printing (NBDP),
   radioprinter and data transmissions.
   § 80.363   Frequencies for facsimile.
   § 80.364   Frequencies for VHF digital small message services (VDSMS).

   Radiotelephony
   § 80.365   Scope.
   § 80.367   General uses--radiotelephony.
   § 80.369   Distress, urgency, safety, call and reply frequencies.
   § 80.371   Public correspondence frequencies.
   § 80.373   Private communications frequencies.
   § 80.374   Provisions for frequencies in the 4000-4063 and the 8100-8195
   kHz bands shared with the fixed service.

   Radiodetermination
   § 80.375   Radiodetermination frequencies.
   § 80.376   Radio buoy operations.

   Ship Earth Stations
   § 80.377   Frequencies for ship earth stations.

   Aircraft Stations
   § 80.379   Maritime frequencies assignable to aircraft stations.

   Operational Fixed Stations
   § 80.381   Frequencies for operational fixed stations.

   Vessel Traffic Services System (VTS)
   § 80.383   Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) system frequencies.

   Automated Systems
   § 80.385   Frequencies for automated systems.

   Alaska Fixed Stations
   § 80.387   Frequencies for Alaska fixed stations.

   Maritime Support Stations
   § 80.389   Frequencies for maritime support stations.

   Developmental Stations

   AIS Stations
   § 80.393   Frequencies for AIS stations.

   Subpart I--Station Documents
   § 80.401   Station documents requirement.
   § 80.403   Availability of documents.
   § 80.405   Station license.
   § 80.407   Operator authorization.
   § 80.409   Station logs.
   § 80.411   Vessel certification or exemption.
   § 80.413   On-board station equipment records.
   § 80.415   Publications.
   § 80.417   FCC Rules and Regulations.

   Subpart J--Public Coast Stations

   Stations on Land
   § 80.451   Supplemental eligibility requirements.
   § 80.453   Scope of communications.

   Use of Telegraphy
   § 80.455   Assignment and use of frequencies for manual Morse code
   telegraphy.
   § 80.459   Digital selective calling.
   § 80.461   Narrow-band direct-printing.

   Use of Telephony
   § 80.465   Assignment and use of frequencies for telephony.
   § 80.467   Duplication of VHF service.
   § 80.469   Maritime mobile repeater stations in Alaska.
   § 80.471   Discontinuance or impairment of service.

   Automated Systems
   § 80.475   Scope of service of the Automated Maritime Telecommunications
   System (AMTS).
   § 80.477   AMTS points of communication.
   § 80.479   Assignment and use of frequencies for AMTS.
   § 80.481   Alternative technical parameters for AMTS transmitters.

   Subpart K--Private Coast Stations and Marine Utility Stations
   § 80.501   Supplemental eligibility requirements.
   § 80.503   Cooperative use of facilities.
   § 80.505   Points of communication.
   § 80.507   Scope of service.
   § 80.509   Frequency assignment.
   § 80.513   Frequency coordination.
   § 80.514   Marine VHF frequency coordinating committee(s).
   § 80.515   Limitations on use.
   § 80.517   Time limitation on communication.
   § 80.519   Station identification.

   Subpart L--Operational Fixed Stations
   § 80.551   Applicability.
   § 80.553   Supplemental eligibility requirements.
   § 80.555   Scope of communication.
   § 80.557   Assignment and use of frequencies.
   § 80.559   Licensing limitations.

   Subpart M--Stations in the Radiodetermination Service
   § 80.601   Scope of communications.
   § 80.603   Assignment and use of frequencies.
   § 80.605   U.S. Coast Guard coordination.

   Subpart N--Maritime Support Stations
   § 80.651   Supplemental eligibility requirements.
   § 80.653   Scope of communications.
   § 80.655   Use of frequencies.
   § 80.659   Technical requirements.

   Subpart O--Alaska Fixed Stations
   § 80.701   Scope of service.
   § 80.703   Priority of distress and other signals.
   § 80.705   Hours of service of Alaska-public fixed stations.
   § 80.707   Cooperative use of frequency assignments.
   § 80.709   Frequencies available.
   § 80.711   Use of U.S. Government frequencies.

   Subpart P--Standards for Computing Public Coast Station VHF Coverage
   § 80.751   Scope.
   § 80.753   Signal strength requirements at the service area contour.
   § 80.755   Applicability.
   § 80.757   Topographical data.
   § 80.759   Average terrain elevation.
   § 80.761   Conversion graphs.
   § 80.763   Effective antenna height.
   § 80.765   Effective radiated power.
   § 80.767   Propagation curve.
   § 80.769   Shadow loss.
   § 80.771   Method of computing coverage.
   § 80.773   Co-channel interference protection.

   Subpart Q [Reserved]

   Subpart R--Technical Equipment Requirements for Cargo Vessels Not
   Subject to Subpart W
   § 80.851   Applicability.
   § 80.853   Radiotelephone station.
   § 80.854   Radiotelephone installation.
   § 80.855   Radiotelephone transmitter.
   § 80.858   Radiotelephone receiver.
   § 80.859   Main power supply.
   § 80.860   Reserve power supply.
   § 80.861   Required capacity.
   § 80.862   Proof of capacity.
   § 80.863   Antenna system.
   § 80.864   Emergency electric lights.
   § 80.865   Radiotelephone station clock.
   § 80.866   Spare antenna.
   § 80.867   Ship station tools, instruction books, circuit diagrams and
   testing equipment.
   § 80.868   Card of instructions.
   § 80.869   Test of radiotelephone station.
   § 80.871   VHF radiotelephone station.
   § 80.872   The VHF radiotelephone installation.
   § 80.873   VHF radiotelephone transmitter.
   § 80.874   VHF radiotelephone receiver.
   § 80.875   VHF radiotelephone power supply.
   § 80.876   VHF radiotelephone antenna system.
   § 80.877   Controls and indicators required for VHF radiotelephone
   installation.
   § 80.880   Vessel radio equipment.
   § 80.881   Equipment requirements for ship stations.
   § 80.882   2182 kHz watch.

   Subpart S--Compulsory Radiotelephone Installations for Small Passenger
   Boats
   § 80.901   Applicability.
   § 80.903   Inspection of radiotelephone installation.
   § 80.905   Vessel radio equipment.
   § 80.907   Principal operating position.
   § 80.909   Radiotelephone transmitter.
   § 80.911   VHF transmitter.
   § 80.913   Radiotelephone receivers.
   § 80.915   Main power supply.
   § 80.917   Reserve power supply.
   § 80.919   Required capacity.
   § 80.921   Proof of capacity.
   § 80.923   Antenna system.
   § 80.925   Electric light.
   § 80.927   Antenna radio frequency indicator.
   § 80.929   Nameplate.
   § 80.931   Test of radiotelephone installation.
   § 80.933   General small passenger vessel exemptions.
   § 80.935   Station clock.

   Subpart T--Radiotelephone Installation Required for Vessels on the
   Great Lakes
   § 80.951   Applicability.
   § 80.953   Inspection and certification.
   § 80.955   Radiotelephone installation.
   § 80.956   Required frequencies and uses.
   § 80.957   Principal operating position.
   § 80.959   Radiotelephone transmitter.
   § 80.961   Radiotelephone receiver.
   § 80.963   Main power supply.
   § 80.965   Reserve power supply.
   § 80.967   Antenna system.
   § 80.969   Illumination of operating controls.
   § 80.971   Test of radiotelephone installation.

   Subpart U--Radiotelephone Installations Required by the
   Bridge-to-Bridge Act
   § 80.1001   Applicability.
   § 80.1003   Station required.
   § 80.1005   Inspection of station.
   § 80.1007   Bridge-to-bridge radiotelephone installation.
   § 80.1009   Principal operator and operating position.
   § 80.1011   Transmitter.
   § 80.1013   Receiver.
   § 80.1015   Power supply.
   § 80.1017   Antenna system.
   § 80.1019   Antenna radio frequency indicator.
   § 80.1021   Nameplate.
   § 80.1023   Test of radiotelephone installation.

   Subpart V--Emergency Position Indicating Radiobeacons (EPIRB's)
   § 80.1051   Scope.
   § 80.1053   Prohibition on certification, manufacture, importation, sale
   or use of Class A, Class B, Class S, and INMARSAT-E EPIRBs.
   § § 80.1055-80.1059   [Reserved]
   § 80.1061   Special requirements for 406.0-406.1 MHz EPIRB stations.

   Subpart W--Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)

   General Provisions
   § 80.1065   Applicability.
   § 80.1067   Inspection of station.
   § 80.1069   Maritime sea areas.
   § 80.1071   Exemptions.
   § 80.1073   Radio operator requirements for ship stations.
   § 80.1074   Radio maintenance personnel for at-sea maintenance.
   § 80.1075   Radio records.
   § 80.1077   Frequencies.

   Equipment Requirements for Ship Stations
   § 80.1081   Functional requirements.
   § 80.1083   Ship radio installations.
   § 80.1085   Ship radio equipment--General.
   § 80.1087   Ship radio equipment--Sea area A1.
   § 80.1089   Ship radio equipment--Sea areas A1 and A2.
   § 80.1091   Ship radio equipment--Sea areas A1, A2, and A3.
   § 80.1093   Ship radio equipment--Sea areas A1, A2, A3, and A4.
   § 80.1095   Survival craft equipment.
   § 80.1099   Ship sources of energy.
   § 80.1101   Performance standards.
   § 80.1103   Equipment authorization.
   § 80.1105   Maintenance requirements.
   § 80.1107   Test of radiotelephone station.

   Operating Procedures for Distress and Safety Communications
   § 80.1109   Distress, urgency, and safety communications.
   § 80.1111   Distress alerting.
   § 80.1113   Transmission of a distress alert.
   § 80.1114   False distress alerts.
   § 80.1115   Transmission of a distress alert by a station not itself in
   distress.
   § 80.1117   Procedure for receipt and acknowledgement of distress
   alerts.
   § 80.1119   Receipt and acknowledgement of distress alerts by coast
   stations and coast earth stations.
   § 80.1121   Receipt and acknowledgement of distress alerts by ship
   stations and ship earth stations.
   § 80.1123   Watch requirements for ship stations.
   § 80.1125   Search and rescue coordinating communications.
   § 80.1127   On-scene communications.
   § 80.1129   Locating and homing signals.
   § 80.1131   Transmissions of urgency communications.
   § 80.1133   Transmission of safety communications.
   § 80.1135   Transmission of maritime safety information.

   Subpart X--Voluntary Radio Installations

   General
   § 80.1151   Voluntary radio operations.
   § 80.1153   Station log and radio watches.

   Voluntary Telegraphy
   § 80.1155   Radioprinter.
   § 80.1157   Facsimile.
   § 80.1159   Narrow-band direct-printing (NB-DP).
   § 80.1161   Emergency position indicating radiobeacon (EPIRB).

   Voluntary Telephony
   § 80.1165   Assignment and use of frequencies.
   § 80.1169   [Reserved]
   § 80.1171   Assignment and use of frequencies.

   On-Board Communications
   § 80.1175   Scope of communications of on-board stations.
   § 80.1177   Assignment and use of frequencies.
   § 80.1179   On-board repeater limitations.
   § 80.1181   Station identification.
   § 80.1183   Remote control for maneuvering or navigation.

   Mobile-Satellite Stations
   § 80.1185   Supplemental eligibility for mobile-satellite stations.
   § 80.1187   Scope of communication.
   § 80.1189   Portable ship earth stations.

   Radiodetermination
   § 80.1201   Special provisions for cable-repair ship stations.

   Subpart Y--Competitive Bidding Procedures
   § 80.1251   Maritime communications subject to competitive bidding.
   § 80.1252   Designated entities.