Goto Section: 80.219 | 80.223 | Table of Contents
FCC 80.221
Revised as of October 1, 2019
Goto Year:2018 |
2020
§ 80.221 Special requirements for automatically generating the
radiotelephone alarm signal.
(a) Each device for automatically generating the radiotelephone alarm
signal must be capable of being disabled to permit the immediate
transmission of a distress call and message.
(b) The device must comply with the following requirements:
(1) The frequency tolerance of each tone must be ±1.5 percent;
(2) The duration tolerance of each tone must be ±50 milliseconds;
(3) The interval between successive tones must not exceed 50
milliseconds; and
(4) The amplitude ratio of the tones must be flat within 1.6 dB.
(c) Devices installed on or after January 1, 1983, must comply with the
following requirements:
(1) The frequency tolerance of each tone must be ±1.5 percent;
(2) The duration tolerance of each tone must be ±10 milliseconds;
(3) The interval between successive tones must not exceed 4
milliseconds;
(4) The amplitude ratio of the tones must be flat within 1.6 dB;
(5) The output of the device must be sufficient to modulate the
associated transmitter for H2B emission to at least 70 percent, and for
J2B emission to within 3 dB of the rated peak envelope power;
(6) Light from the device must not interfere with the safe navigation
of the ship;
(7) After activation the device must automatically generate the
radiotelephone alarm signal for not less than 30 seconds and not more
than 60 seconds unless manually interrupted;
(8) After generating the radiotelephone alarm signal or after manual
interruption the device must be immediately ready to repeat the signal;
(9) The transmitter must be automatically switched from the stand-by
condition to the transmit condition at the start and return to the
stand-by condition at the conclusion of the radiotelephone alarm
signal.
(d) Any device used by a station to automatically generate the
radiotelephone alarm signal must be certificated by the Commission.
[ 51 FR 31213 , Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 54 FR 40059 , Sept. 29, 1989;
63 FR 36606 , July 7, 1998]
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Goto Section: 80.219 | 80.223
Goto Year: 2018 |
2020
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