FCC 80.1121 Revised as of October 1, 2007
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Sec. 80.1121 Receipt and acknowledgement of distress alerts by ship stations and
ship earth stations.
(a) Ship or ship earth stations that receive a distress alert must, as soon
as possible, inform the master or person responsible for the ship of the
contents of the distress alert.
(b) For VHF and MF, ships in receipt of a distress alert shall not transmit
a distress alert relay, but should listen on the distress traffic channel
for 5 minutes and, if appropriate, acknowledge the alert by radiotelephony
to the ship in distress and inform the coast station and/or Rescue
Coordination Center. Distress alert relays to “all ships” on these bands may
only be sent by a ship who has knowledge that another ship in distress is
not itself able to transmit the distress alert, and the Master of the ship
considers that further help is necessary.
(c) For HF, ships in receipt of a distress alert shall listen on the
distress traffic channel for 5 minutes. If no distress communications are
heard and if the call is not acknowledged by a coast station, the ship shall
transmit a distress relay on HF to the coast radio station and inform the
Rescue Coordination Center. Distress alert relays to “all Ships” on HF may
only be sent by a ship who has knowledge that another ship in distress is
not itself able to transmit the distress alert, and the Master of the ship
considers that further help is necessary.
(d) In cases where distress alert continues to be received from the same
source, the ship may, after consultation with the Rescue Coordination
Center, transmit a DSC acknowledgment to terminate the call.
(e) A ship station in receipt of a shore-to-ship distress alert relay (see
Sec. 80.1113(e)) should establish communication as directed and render such
assistance as required and appropriate.
[ 51 FR 31213 , Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 68 FR 46980 , Aug. 7, 2003]
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