33 C.F.R. § 86.07 Directional properties.
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
The sound pressure level of a directional whistle shall be not more than 4 dB below the sound pressure level specified in §86.05 in any direction in the horizontal plane within ±45 degrees of the forward axis. The sound pressure level of the whistle in any other direction in the horizontal plane shall not be more than 10 dB less than the sound pressure level specified for the forward axis, so that the range of audibility in any direction will be at least half the range required on the forward axis. The sound pressure level shall be measured in that one-third octave band which determines the audibility range.
Title 33: Navigation and Navigable Waters
PART 86—ANNEX III: TECHNICAL DETAILS OF SOUND SIGNAL APPLIANCES
Subpart A—Whistles
§ 86.07 Directional properties.
