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3.2 Permitted communications
  A licensee must operate a ship station Class B non assigned only:
 (a) for any of the following operations or activities:
 (i) distress, urgency, safety or calling;
 (ii) public correspondence;
 (iii) commercial operations;
 (iv) non-commercial operations;
 (v) port operations;
 (vi) professional fishing operations;
 (vii) radiodetermination communications;
 (viii) on-board communications;
 (ix) Automatic Indentification Systems purposes; and
 (b) in accordance with the limitations in this Part about the operation or activity.
3.3 Distress, urgency, safety or calling — MF and HF communications
 (1) If a licensee operates a ship station Class B non assigned on an MF or HF maritime frequency band for distress, urgency, safety or calling, the licensee must operate the station:
 (a) on a frequency mentioned in column 2 of an item in Part 1 of Schedule 2;
 (b) using a transmitter output power not more than the power mentioned in column 3 of the item;
 (c) to communicate with a station mentioned in column 5 of the item;
 (d) with a facility mentioned in column 6 of the item;
 (e) for a purpose mentioned in column 7 of the item; and
 (f) in accordance with the limitations (if any) mentioned in italics in column 7 of the item.
 (2) If a limitation mentioned in an item in Part 1 of Schedule 2 states that this subsection applies, the carrier frequency specified in column 2 of the item must not be used as a calling frequency.

      3.4 Distress, urgency, safety or calling — VHF and UHF communications
  If a licensee operates a ship station Class B non assigned on a VHF or UHF maritime frequency band for distress, urgency, safety or calling, the licensee must operate the station:
 (a) on a frequency mentioned in column 2 of an item in Part 2 of Schedule 2;
 (b) using a transmitter output power not more than the power mentioned in column 3 of the item;
 (c) to communicate with a station mentioned in column 4 of the item;
 (d) with a facility mentioned in column 5 of the item;
 (e) for a purpose mentioned in column 6 of the item; and
 (f) in accordance with the limitations (if any) mentioned in italics in column 6 of the item.
3.5 Public correspondence by radiotelephony
  If a licensee operates a ship station Class B non assigned for radiotelephony to transmit public correspondence, the licensee must operate the station:
 (a) on a frequency mentioned in column 2 of an item in Part 3 of Schedule 2;
 (b) using a transmitter output power not exceeding the power mentioned in column 3 of the item;
 (c) to communicate with a station mentioned in column 5 of the item;
 (d) with a facility mentioned