§ 80.871   VHF radiotelephone station.

   (a) All passenger ships irrespective of size and all cargo ships of 300
   gross tons and upwards subject to part II of title III of the Communications
   Act or to the Safety Convention are required to carry a VHF radiotelephone
   station  complying  with  this  subpart.  Ships  subject  only  to the
   Communications Act may use a VHF radiotelephone installation meeting the
   technical  standards  of the Bridge-to-Bridge Act to satisfy the watch
   requirements of § 80.305(a)(3) if the equipment can transmit and receive on
   156.800 MHz.

   (b) The VHF radiotelephone station must be installed to insure safe and
   effective operation of the equipment and facilitate repair. It must be
   protected against vibration, moisture and temperature.

   (c) The principal operating position of the radiotelephone station must be
   in the room from which the ship is normally steered while at sea.

   (d) The radiotelephone stations on ships subject to Part II of Title III of
   the Communications Act must be capable of operating on the frequency 156.800
   MHz  and  in  other  respects  meet  the  requirements of § 80.143. The
   radiotelephone stations on ships subject to the Safety Convention must be
   capable of operating in the simplex mode on the ship station transmitting
   frequencies specified in the frequency band 156.025 MHz to 157.425 MHz and
   in  the semiduplex mode on the two frequency channels specified in the
   following table:
   Channel designators Transmitting frequencies (MHz)
                       Ship station   Coast station
   60                        156.025          160.625
   01                        156.050          160.650
   61                        156.075          160.675
   02                        156.100          160.700
   62                        156.125          160.725
   03                        156.150          160.750
   63                        156.175          160.775
   04                        156.200          160.800
   64                        156.225          160.825
   05                        156.250          160.850
   65                        156.275          160.875
   06                        156.300
   66                        156.325          160.925
   07                        156.350          160.950
   67                        156.375          156.375
   08                        156.400
   68                        156.425          156.425
   09                        156.450          156.450
   69                        156.475          156.475
   10                        156.500          156.500
   11                        156.550          156.550
   71                        156.575          156.575
   12                        156.600          156.600
   72                        156.625
   13                        156.650          156.650
   73                        156.675          156.675
   14                        156.700          156.700
   74                        156.725          156.725
   15                        156.750          156.750
   75                        156.775         156.775
   16                        156.800          156.800
   76                        156.825          156.825
   17                        156.850          156.850
   77                        156.875
   18                        156.900          161.500
   78                        156.925          161.525
   19                        156.950          161.550
   79                        156.975          161.575
   20                        157.000          161.600
   80                        157.025          161.625
   21                        157.050          161.650
   81                        157.075          161.675
   22                        157.100          161.700
   82                        157.125          161.725
   23                        157.150          161.750
   83                        157.175          161.775
   24                        157.200          161.800
   84                        157.225          161.825
   25                        157.250          161.850
   85                        157.275          161.875
   26                        157.300          161.900
   86                        157.325          161.925
   27                        157.350          161.950
   87                        157.375          161.975
   28                        157.400          162.000
   88                        157.425          162.025

   ^1Guard band.

   [ 51 FR 31213 , Sept. 2, 1986;  52 FR 35246 , Sept. 18, 1987, as amended at  54 FR 40059 , Sept. 29, 1989;  73 FR 4487 , Jan. 25, 2008]

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