FCC 80.329 Revised as of October 1, 2007
Goto Year:2006 |
2008
Sec. 80.329 Safety signals.
(a) The safety signal indicates that the station is about to transmit a
message concerning the safety of navigation or giving important
meteorological warnings.
(b) In radiotelegraphy, the safety signal consists of three repetitions of
the group TTT, sent with the individual letters of each group, and the
successive groups clearly separated from each other. It must be sent before
the call.
(c) In radiotelephony, the safety signal consists of the word SECURITE,
pronounced as in French, spoken three times and transmitted before the call.
(d) The safety signal and call must be sent on one of the international
distress frequencies (2182 kHz or 156.8 MHz radiotelephone). Stations which
cannot transmit on a distress frequency may use any other available
frequency on which attention might be attracted.
[ 51 FR 31213 , Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 69 FR 64674 , Nov. 8, 2004]
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