Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00269:reg:1302
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00269
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 1302
Character Range: 120207–124065

1302      162.000 MHz       25 watts pY
          (ASM 2)

Schedule 3 Ship station Class C stations: requirements for maintaining watch
(sections 4.2 and 5.13)

Item  Type of ship                                                                          Type of watch to be maintained                                                                                                                                                                     Requirements
 1    Ship equipped in accordance with GMDSS, and fitted with a VHF DSC radio installation  Continuous watch on VHF DSC channel 70
 2    Ship equipped in accordance with GMDSS, and fitted with an MF radio installation      Continuous watch on the distress and safety DSC frequency 2187.5 kHz
 3    Ship equipped in accordance with GMDSS                                                Continuous watch on the distress and safety DSC frequencies 2187.5 kHz and 8414.5 kHz                                                                                                              The watch may be kept using a scanning receiver
                                                                                            Continuous watch on at least 1 of the distress and safety DSC frequencies 4207.5 kHz, 6312 kHz, 12577 kHz and 16804.5 kHz, as appropriate to the time of day and the ship's geographical position
 4    Every ship equipped in accordance with GMDSS                                          Continuous watch for satellite shore-to-ship distress alert relays
 5    Every ship                                                                            Radio watch for broadcast of maritime safety information                                                                                                                                           The watch must be kept on the appropriate frequency or frequencies on which the information is broadcast for the area where the ship is located
 6    Every ship                                                                            Continuous (when practicable) listening watch on VHF channel 16 (156.80 MHz)                                                                                                                       The watch must be kept at the position from which the ship is normally navigated
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Note: Radio watch requirements for ship stations Class B may be subject to the provisions of the National Standard for Commercial Vessels or Marine Orders published or made by AMSA.

Schedule 4 Ship station Class C non assigned: operating requirements
(sections 5.3 and 5.4)

Note 1: A frequency mentioned in column 2 of an item in this Schedule applies to the sending of a transmission and the receipt of a transmission, unless the frequency is accompanied by the suffix 'Tx' (which refers only to the sending of a transmission) or 'Rx' (which refers only to the receipt of a transmission).

Note 2: The HF frequencies in this Schedule are those prescribed in Appendix 17 (REV. WRC-15) of the ITU Radio Regulations.

Note 3: References to 'Group' series and 'Channel' series in Part 1 are references to the groups and channels that the carrier frequencies relate to, as set out in Annex 1 to Appendix 17 of the ITU Radio Regulations.
Part 1 Commercial operations by radiotelegraphy using Morse

Item  Carrier frequency  Maximum transmitter output power   Stations with which licensee may communicate  Purpose

      (Channel number)                                                                                    (Limitations)