47 C.F.R. PART 80--STATIONS IN THE MARITIME SERVICES
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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Subpart F--EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZATION FOR COMPULSORY SHIPS
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| Technical requirements for radiotelephone installation.
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| Technical requirements for radiotelephone distress frequency watch receiver.
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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 Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) equipment.
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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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| 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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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--COMPULSORY RADIOTELEPHONE INSTALLATIONS FOR VESSELS 300 GROSS TONS
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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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