§ 80.401   Station documents requirement.

   Licensees of radio stations are required to have current station
   documents as indicated in the following table:
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   Notes: 1. The expired station license must be retained in the station
   records until the first Commission inspection after the expiration
   date.

   2. Alternatively, a list of coast stations maintained by the licensee
   with which communications are likely to be conducted, showing
   watch-keeping hours, frequencies and charges, is authorized.

   3. Required only if station provides a service to ocean-going vessels.

   4. Certification of a Great Lakes Agreement inspection may be made by
   either a log entry or issuance of a Great Lakes Agreement certificate.
   Radiotelephone logs containing entries certifying that a Great Lakes
   Agreement inspection has been conducted must be retained and be
   available for inspection by the FCC for 2 years after the date of the
   inspection.

   5. The requirements for having the GMDSS Master Plan, NGA Publication
   117, Admiralty List of Radio Signals or IMO Circ. 7 are satisfied by
   having any one of those four documents.

   [ 68 FR 46970 , Aug. 7, 2003, as amended at  78 FR 23156 , Apr. 18, 2013]

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