47 CFR Subpart W - Subpart W—Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)
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General Provisions (§ - )
This subpart contains the rules applicable to the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS). Every ship of the United States subject to part II of title III of the Communications Act or the Safety Convention must comply with the provisions of this subpart. The rules in this subpart are to be read in conjunction with the applicable requirements contained elsewhere in this part; however, in case of conflict, the provisions of this subpart shall govern with respect to the GMDSS. For the purposes of this subpart, distress and safety communications include distress, urgency, and safety calls and messages.
Source: 57 FR 9065, Mar. 16, 1992, unless otherwise noted. - § 80.1065 Applicability.
- § 80.1067 Inspection of station.
- § 80.1069 Maritime sea areas.
- § 80.1071 Exemptions.
- § 80.1073 Radio operator requirements for ship stations.
- § 80.1074 Radio maintenance personnel for at-sea maintenance.
- § 80.1075 Radio records.
- § 80.1077 Frequencies.
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Equipment Requirements for Ship Stations (§§ 80.1081 - 80.1107)
- § 80.1081 Functional requirements.
- § 80.1083 Ship radio installations.
- § 80.1085 Ship radio equipment—General.
- § 80.1087 Ship radio equipment—Sea area A1.
- § 80.1089 Ship radio equipment—Sea areas A1 and A2.
- § 80.1091 Ship radio equipment—Sea areas A1, A2, and A3.
- § 80.1093 Ship radio equipment—Sea areas A1, A2, A3, and A4.
- § 80.1095 Survival craft equipment.
- § 80.1099 Ship sources of energy.
- § 80.1101 Performance standards.
- § 80.1103 Equipment authorization.
- § 80.1105 Maintenance requirements.
- § 80.1107 Test of radiotelephone station.
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Operating Procedures for Distress and Safety Communications (§§ 80.1109 - 80.1135)
- § 80.1109 Distress, urgency, and safety communications.
- § 80.1111 Distress alerting.
- § 80.1113 Transmission of a distress alert.
- § 80.1114 False distress alerts.
- § 80.1115 Transmission of a distress alert by a station not itself in distress.
- § 80.1117 Procedure for receipt and acknowledgement of distress alerts.
- § 80.1119 Receipt and acknowledgement of distress alerts by coast stations and coast earth stations.
- § 80.1121 Receipt and acknowledgement of distress alerts by ship stations and ship earth stations.
- § 80.1123 Watch requirements for ship stations.
- § 80.1125 Search and rescue coordinating communications.
- § 80.1127 On-scene communications.
- § 80.1129 Locating and homing signals.
- § 80.1131 Transmissions of urgency communications.
- § 80.1133 Transmission of safety communications.
- § 80.1135 Transmission of maritime safety information.
No provision of this subpart is intended to eliminate, or in anyway modify, other requirements contained in this part with respect to part II of title III of the Communications Act.