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TITLE 47--Telecommunication
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
SUBCHAPTER D--SAFETY AND SPECIAL RADIO SERVICES
PART 80--STATIONS IN THE MARITIME SERVICES
Subpart A--GENERAL INFORMATION
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| Other regulations that apply. |
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| Other applicable rule parts of this chapter. |
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Subpart B--APPLICATIONS AND LICENSES
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| Station license required. |
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| Eligibility for station license. |
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| Administrative classes of stations. |
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| Supplemental information required. |
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| One authorization for a plurality of stations. |
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| Authorized station location. |
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| Control points and dispatch points. |
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| Equipment acceptable for licensing. |
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| Operation during emergency. |
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| Construction and regional service requirements. |
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| Ship earth station licensing. |
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| Application for a portable ship station license. |
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| Automated Maritime Telecommunications System (AMTS)--System Licensing. |
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| Application for a fleet station license. |
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| Canada/U.S.A. channeling arrangement for VHF maritime public correspondence. |
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| Compulsory ship inspections. |
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| Partitioned licenses and disaggregated spectrum. |
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Subpart C--OPERATING REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES
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| Commisson inspection of stations. |
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| Maintenance of transmitter power. |
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| General facilities requirements for coast stations. |
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| Facilities requirements for public coast stations using telegraphy. |
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| Facilities requirement for public coast stations using telephony. |
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| Special conditions relative to coast station VHF facilities. |
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| Operating controls for stations on land. |
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| Antenna requirements for coast stations. |
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| Public coast station facilities for a telephony busy signal. |
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| Requirements for land station control points. |
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| Inspection of ship station by a foreign Government. |
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| Operating controls for ship stations. |
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| Antenna requirements for ship stations. |
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| Protection from potentially hazardous RF radiation. |
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| International regulations applicable. |
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| Cooperative use of frequency assignments. |
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| Secrecy of communication. |
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| Unauthorized transmissions. |
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| Suspension of transmission. |
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| Order of priority of communications. |
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| Prevention of interference. |
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| Control by coast or Government station. |
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| Radiotelegraph operating procedures. |
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| Radiotelegraph testing procedures. |
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| Radiotelegraph station identification. |
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| Radiotelephone testing procedures. |
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| Radiotelephone station identification. |
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| Digital selective calling (DSC) operating procedures. |
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| Identification of radar transmissions not authorized. |
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| General obligations of coast stations. |
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| Intercommunication in the mobile service. |
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| Service of private coast stations and marine-utility stations. |
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| Transmission of traffic lists by coast stations. |
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| Transmission to a plurality of mobile stations by a public coast station. |
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| Inspection and maintenance of antenna structure markings and associated control equipment. |
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| Radiotelephone operating procedures for coast stations. |
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| Operational conditions for use of associated ship units. |
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| Radiotelephone operating procedures for ship stations. |
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| Public coast stations using telegraphy. |
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| Public coast stations using facsimile and data. |
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| Service to stations on land. |
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| Private coast stations using facsimile in Alaska. |
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| General provisions for ship stations. |
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| Ships using radiotelegraphy. |
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| Required frequencies for radiotelephony. |
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| Watch on 156.8 MHz (Channel 16). |
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| Answer to notice of violation. |
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Subpart D--OPERATOR REQUIREMENTS
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| Classification of operator licenses and endorsements. |
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| Coast station operator requirements. |
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| Ship station operator requirements. |
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| Operator requirements of Title III of the Communications Act and the Safety Convention. |
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| Operator requirements of the Great Lakes Radio Agreement. |
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| Operator requirements of the Bridge-to-Bridge Act. |
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| Operator requirements for voluntary stations. |
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| Limitations on operators. |
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| Operators required to adjust transmitters or radar. |
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| Availability of operator licenses. |
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| When operator license is not required. |
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Subpart E--GENERAL TECHNICAL STANDARDS
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| Authorization of transmitters for licensing. |
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| Transmitter frequency tolerances. |
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| Suppression of interference aboard ships. |
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| Special requirements for narrow-band direct-printing (NB-DP) equipment. |
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| Special requirements for automatically generating the radiotelephone alarm signal. |
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| Special requirements for survival craft stations. |
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| Requirements for selective calling equipment. |
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| Special requirements for protection from RF radiation. |
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| Special requirements for automatic link establishment (ALE). |
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| Technical Requirements for Class B Automatic Identification System (AIS) equipment. |
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Subpart F--EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZATION FOR COMPULSORY SHIPS
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| Technical requirements for radiotelephone installation. |
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| Technical requirements for portable survival craft radiotelephone transceivers. |
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| Technical requirements for radar equipment. |
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| Technical Requirements for Class A Automatic Identification System (AIS) equipment. |
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| Ship Security Alert System (SSAS). |
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| Direction finding and homing equipment. |
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| Requirements for radio direction finder. |
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| Auxiliary receiving antenna. |
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| Installation of direction finder. |
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| Contingent acceptance of direction finder calibration. |
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| Check bearings by authorized ship personnel. |
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Subpart G--SAFETY WATCH REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES
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| Notice of discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of service involving a distress watch. |
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| Watch on 156.800 MHz (Channel 16). |
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| Watch requirement during silence periods. |
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| Watch requirements of the Communications Act and the Safety Convention. |
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| Compulsory use of radiotelegraph auto alarm. |
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| Watch required by the Great Lakes Radio Agreement. |
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| Watch required by the Bridge-to-Bridge Act. |
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| Watch required by voluntary vessels. |
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| Authority for distress transmission. |
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| Priority of distress transmissions. |
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| Frequencies for use in distress. |
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| Radiotelegraph and radiotelephone alarm signals. |
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| Radiotelegraph distress call and message transmission procedure. |
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| Radiotelephone distress call and message transmission procedure. |
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| Acknowledgement of receipt of distress message. |
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| Information furnished by an acknowledging station. |
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| Transmission of distress message by station not itself in distress. |
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| Control of distress traffic. |
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| Notification of resumption of normal working. |
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| Urgency signals and messages. |
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| Safety signals and messages. |
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| Bridge-to-bridge communication procedure. |
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| Equipment to aid search and rescue operations. |
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| Stations in the maritime mobile-satellite service. |
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| Procedures for canceling false distress alerts. |
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Subpart H--FREQUENCIES
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| Distress, urgency, safety, call and reply Morse code frequencies. |
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| Working frequencies for Morse code and data transmission. |
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| Frequencies for digital selective calling (DSC). |
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| Frequencies for narrow-band direct-printing (NBDP), radioprinter and data transmissions. |
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| Frequencies for facsimile. |
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| General uses--radiotelephony. |
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| Distress, urgency, safety, call and reply frequencies. |
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| Public correspondence frequencies. |
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| Private communications frequencies. |
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| Provisions for frequencies in the 4000-4063 and the 8100-8195 kHz bands shared with the fixed service. |
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| Radiodetermination frequencies. |
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| Frequencies for ship earth stations. |
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| Maritime frequencies assignable to aircraft stations. |
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| Frequencies for operational fixed stations. |
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| Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) system frequencies. |
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| Frequencies for automated systems. |
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| Frequencies for Alaska fixed stations. |
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| Frequencies for maritime support stations. |
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| Frequencies for developmental stations. |
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| Frequencies for AIS stations. |
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Subpart I--STATION DOCUMENTS
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| Station documents requirement. |
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| Availability of documents. |
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| Vessel certification or exemption. |
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| On-board station equipment records. |
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| FCC Rules and Regulations. |
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Subpart J--PUBLIC COAST STATIONS
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| Supplemental eligibility requirements. |
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| Assignment and use of frequencies for manual Morse code telegraphy. |
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| Digital selective calling. |
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| Narrow-band direct-printing. |
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| Assignment and use of frequencies for telephony. |
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| Duplication of VHF service. |
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| Maritime mobile repeater stations in Alaska. |
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| Discontinuance or impairment of service. |
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| Scope of service of the Automated Maritime Telecommunications System (AMTS). |
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| AMTS points of communication. |
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| Assignment and use of frequencies for AMTS. |
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| Alternative technical parameters for AMTS transmitters. |
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Subpart K--PRIVATE COAST STATIONS AND MARINE UTILITY STATIONS
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| Supplemental eligibility requirements. |
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| Cooperative use of facilities. |
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| Marine VHF frequency coordinating committee(s). |
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| Time limitation on communication. |
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Subpart L--OPERATIONAL FIXED STATIONS
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| Supplemental eligibility requirements. |
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| Assignment and use of frequencies. |
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Subpart M--STATIONS IN THE RADIODETERMINATION SERVICE
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| Assignment and use of frequencies. |
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| U.S. Coast Guard coordination. |
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Subpart N--MARITIME SUPPORT STATIONS
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| Supplemental eligibility requirements. |
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Subpart O--ALASKA FIXED STATIONS
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| Priority of distress and other signals. |
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| Hours of service of Alaska-public fixed stations. |
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| Cooperative use of frequency assignments. |
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| Use of U.S. Government frequencies. |
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Subpart P--STANDARDS FOR COMPUTING PUBLIC COAST STATION VHF COVERAGE
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| Signal strength requirements at the service area contour. |
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| Average terrain elevation. |
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| Effective antenna height. |
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| Effective radiated power. |
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| Method of computing coverage. |
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| Co-channel interference protection. |
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Subpart Q--[RESERVED]
Subpart R--TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR CARGO VESSELS NOT SUBJECT TO Subpart W
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| Radiotelephone installation. |
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| Radiotelephone transmitter. |
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| Emergency electric lights. |
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| Radiotelephone station clock. |
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| Ship station tools, instruction books, circuit diagrams and testing equipment. |
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| Test of radiotelephone station. |
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| VHF radiotelephone station. |
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| The VHF radiotelephone installation. |
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| VHF radiotelephone transmitter. |
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| VHF radiotelephone receiver. |
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| VHF radiotelephone power supply. |
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| VHF radiotelephone antenna system. |
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| Controls and indicators required for VHF radiotelephone installation. |
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| Equipment requirements for ship stations. |
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Subpart S--COMPULSORY RADIOTELEPHONE INSTALLATIONS FOR SMALL PASSENGER BOATS
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| Inspection of radiotelephone installation. |
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| Principal operating position. |
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| Radiotelephone transmitter. |
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| Radiotelephone receivers. |
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| Antenna radio frequency indicator. |
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| Test of radiotelephone installation. |
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| General small passenger vessel exemptions. |
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Subpart T--RADIOTELEPHONE INSTALLATION REQUIRED FOR VESSELS ON THE GREAT LAKES
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| Inspection and certification. |
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| Radiotelephone installation. |
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| Required frequencies and uses. |
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| Principal operating position. |
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| Radiotelephone transmitter. |
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| Illumination of operating controls. |
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| Test of radiotelephone installation. |
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Subpart U--RADIOTELEPHONE INSTALLATIONS REQUIRED BY THE BRIDGE-TO-BRIDGE ACT
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| Bridge-to-bridge radiotelephone installation. |
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| Principal operator and operating position. |
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| Antenna radio frequency indicator. |
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| Test of radiotelephone installation. |
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Subpart V--EMERGENCY POSITION INDICATING RADIOBEACONS (EPIRB'S)
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| Special requirements for Class A EPIRB stations. |
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| Special requirements for Class B EPIRB stations. |
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| Special requirements for Class S EPIRB stations. |
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| Special requirements for 406.0-406.1 MHz EPIRB stations. |
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| Special requirements for INMARSAT-E EPIRB stations. |
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Subpart W--GLOBAL MARITIME DISTRESS AND SAFETY SYSTEM (GMDSS)
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| Radio operator requirements for ship stations. |
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| Radio maintenance personnel for at-sea maintenance. |
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| Ship radio installations. |
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| Ship radio equipment--General. |
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| Ship radio equipment--Sea area A1. |
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| Ship radio equipment--Sea areas A1 and A2. |
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| Ship radio equipment--Sea areas A1, A2, and A3. |
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| Ship radio equipment--Sea areas A1, A2, A3, and A4. |
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| Survival craft equipment. |
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| Maintenance requirements. |
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| Distress, urgency, and safety communications. |
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| Transmission of a distress alert. |
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| Transmission of a distress alert by a station not itself in distress. |
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| Procedure for receipt and acknowledgement of distress alerts. |
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| Receipt and acknowledgement of distress alerts by coast stations and coast earth stations. |
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| Receipt and acknowledgement of distress alerts by ship stations and ship earth stations. |
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| Watch requirements for ship stations. |
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| Search and rescue coordinating communications. |
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| Locating and homing signals. |
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| Transmissions of urgency communications. |
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| Transmission of safety communications. |
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| Transmission of maritime safety information. |
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Subpart X--VOLUNTARY RADIO INSTALLATIONS
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| Voluntary radio operations. |
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| Station log and radio watches. |
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| Narrow-band direct-printing (NB-DP). |
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| Emergency position indicating radiobeacon (EPIRB). |
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| Assignment and use of frequencies. |
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| Assignment and use of frequencies. |
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| Scope of communications of on-board stations. |
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| Assignment and use of frequencies. |
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| On-board repeater limitations. |
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| Remote control for maneuvering or navigation. |
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| Supplemental eligibility for mobile-satellite stations. |
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| Portable ship earth stations. |
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| Special provisions for cable-repair ship stations. |
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Subpart Y--COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCEDURES
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| Maritime communications subject to competitive bidding. |
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