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Title 47: Telecommunication
CHAPTER I: FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
SUBCHAPTER D: SAFETY AND SPECIAL RADIO SERVICES
PART 80: STATIONS IN THE MARITIME SERVICES
Subpart W: Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)
: Equipment Requirements for Ship Stations
80.1081 - Functional requirements.
Ships, while at sea, must be capable:
(a) Except as provided in ?? 80.1087(a)(1) and 80.1091(a)(4)(iii), of transmitting ship-to-shore distress alerts by at least two separate and independent means, each using a different radio-communication service;
(b) Of receiving shore-to-ship distress alerts;
(c) Of transmitting and receiving ship-to-ship distress alerts;
(d) Of transmitting and receiving search and rescue co-ordinating communications;
(e) Of transmitting and receiving on-scene communications;
(f) Of transmitting and receiving signals for locating;
(g) Of transmitting and receiving maritime safety information;
(h) Of transmitting and receiving general radio-communications to and from shore-based radio sytsems or networks; and
(i) Of transmitting and receiving bridge-to-bridge communications.
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