Sec.  80.871   VHF radiotelephone station.

   (a) All passenger ships irrespective of size and all cargo ships of 300
   gross tons and upwards subject to part II of title III of the Communications
   Act or to the Safety Convention are required to carry a VHF radiotelephone
   station  complying  with  this  subpart.  Ships  subject  only  to the
   Communications Act may use a VHF radiotelephone installation meeting the
   technical  standards  of the Bridge-to-Bridge Act to satisfy the watch
   requirements of  Sec. 80.305(a)(3) if the equipment can transmit and receive on
   156.800 MHz.

   (b) The VHF radiotelephone station must be installed to insure safe and
   effective operation of the equipment and facilitate repair. It must be
   protected against vibration, moisture and temperature.

   (c) The principal operating position of the radiotelephone station must be
   in the room from which the ship is normally steered while at sea.

   (d) The radiotelephone stations on ships subject to Part II of Title III of
   the Communications Act must be capable of operating on the frequency 156.800
   MHz  and  in  other  respects  meet  the  requirements of  Sec. 80.143. The
   radiotelephone stations on ships subject to the Safety Convention must be
   capable of operating in the simplex mode on the ship station transmitting
   frequencies specified in the frequency band 156.025 MHz to 157.425 MHz and
   in  the semiduplex mode on the two frequency channels specified in the
   following table:
   Channel designators Transmitting frequencies (MHz)
                       Ship station   Coast station
   60                       156.025           160.625
   01                       156.050           160.650
   61                       156.075           160.675
   02                       156.100           160.700
   62                       156.125           160.725
   03                       156.150           160.750
   63                       156.175           160.775
   04                       156.200           160.800
   64                       156.225           160.825
   05                       156.250           160.850
   65                       156.275           160.875
   06                       156.300
   66                       156.325           160.925
   07                       156.350           160.950
   67                       156.375           156.375
   08                       156.400
   68                       156.425           156.425
   09                       156.450           156.450
   69                       156.475           156.475
   10                       156.500           156.500
   11                       156.550           156.550
   71                       156.575           156.575
   12                       156.600           156.600
   72                       156.625
   13                       156.650           156.650
   73                       156.675           156.675
   14                       156.700           156.700
   74                       156.725           156.725
   15                       156.750           156.750
   75                          (^1)              (^1)
   16                       156.800           156.800
   76                          (^1)              (^1)
   17                       156.850           156.850
   77                       156.875
   18                       156.900           161.500
   78                       156.925           161.525
   19                       156.950           161.550
   79                       156.975           161.575
   20                       157.000           161.600
   80                       157.025           161.625
   21                       157.050           161.650
   81                       157.075           161.675
   22                       157.100           161.700
   82                       157.125           161.725
   23                       157.150           161.750
   83                       157.175           161.775
   24                       157.200           161.800
   84                       157.225           161.825
   25                       157.250           161.850
   85                       157.275           161.875
   26                       157.300           161.900
   86                       157.325           161.925
   27                       157.350           161.950
   87                       157.375           161.975
   28                       157.400           162.000
   88                       157.425           162.025

   ^1Guard band.

   [ 51 FR 31213 , Sept. 2, 1986;  52 FR 35246 , Sept. 18, 1987, as amended at  54 FR 40059 , Sept. 29, 1989]