Sec.  80.219   Special requirements for narrow-band direct-printing (NB-DP)
equipment.

   NB-DP and data transmission equipment installed in ship and coast stations
   before October 1, 1990, that operates on the frequencies in the 4,000–27,500
   kHz bands must be capable of operation in accordance with the technical
   requirements  of either ITU-R Recommendation M.476–5, “Direct-Printing
   Telegraph Equipment in the Maritime Mobile Service,” with Annex, 1995, or
   ITU-R Recommendation M.625–3, “Direct-Printing Telegraph Equipment Employing
   Automatic Identification in the Maritime Mobile Service,” with Annex, 1995,
   and may be used indefinitely. Equipment installed on or after October 1,
   1990,  must  be  capable of operation in accordance with the technical
   requirements of ITU-R Recommendation M.625–3, “Direct-Printing Telegraph
   Equipment  Employing  Automatic  Identification in the Maritime Mobile
   Service,”  with Annex, 1995. NB-DP and data transmission equipment are
   additionally permitted to utilize any modulation, so long as emissions are
   within the limits set forth in  Sec. 80.211(f) and the equipment is also capable
   of   operation   in  accordance  with  ITU-R  Recommendation  M.625–3,
   “Direct-Printing Telegraph Equipment Employing Automatic Identification in
   the Maritime Mobile Service,” with Annex, 1995. ITU-R Recommendations M.
   476–5 and M.625–3 with Annexes are incorporated by reference. The Director
   of  the  Federal  Register approves this incorporation by reference in
   accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR Part 51. Copies of these standards
   can be inspected at the Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street,
   SW.,  Washington, DC (Reference Information Center) or at the National
   Archives  and  Records  Administration  (NARA). For information on the
   availability  of  this  material at NARA, call 202–741–6030, or go to:
   http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_loc
   ations.html.  The  ITU-R  Recommendations  can  be  purchased from the
   International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Place des Nations, CH–1211
   Geneva 20, Switzerland.

   [ 68 FR 46966 , Aug. 7, 2003]