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FCC 80.1069
Revised as of October 1, 2013
Goto Year:2012 | 2014
§  80.1069   Maritime sea areas.

   (a) For the purpose of this subpart, a ship's area of operation is
   defined as follows:

   (1) Sea area A1. An area within the radiotelephone coverage of at least
   one VHF coast station in which continuous DSC alerting is available as
   defined by the International Maritime Organization.

   (2) Sea area A2. An area, excluding sea area A1, within the
   radiotelephone coverage of at least one MF coast station in which
   continuous DSC alerting is available as defined by the International
   Maritime Organization.

   (3) Sea area A3. An area, excluding sea areas A1 and A2, within the
   coverage of an INMARSAT geostationary satellite in which continuous
   alerting is available.

   (4) Sea area A4. An area outside sea areas A1, A2 and A3.

   (b) Maritime sea areas are delineated in the International Maritime
   Organization Publication GMDSS Master Plan of Shore-Based Facilities.
   The Master Plan can be purchased from the International Maritime
   Organization, 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR, United Kingdom.

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Goto Year: 2012 | 2014
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