FCC Web Documents citing 80.305

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• http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-00-105A1.doc http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-00-105A1.pdf http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-00-105A1.txt
  • a continuous listening watch on VHF Channel 16'' (the VHF distress and safety channel), expired on February 1, 1999. However, the SOLAS Convention extended this requirement until February 1, 2005, in order to increase the safety of compulsory and voluntary vessels alike. Therefore, we propose to retain this watch requirement with an expiration date of February 1, 2005. Similarly, Sections 80.305(a)(2), (b)(1), and 80.1123(d) of our Rules provide that every compulsory ship at sea must maintain a continuous watch on 2182 kHz (the MF distress and safety frequency). The ITU recommends that vessels voluntarily maintain such a watch when a significant number of non-compulsory vessels is in the vicinity. We seek comment as to the practicality of a voluntary watch, what
• http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-02-102A1.doc http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-02-102A1.pdf http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-02-102A1.txt
  • 1, 2005. Therefore, extending the date beyond February 1, 2005 in our Part 80 rules would be inconsistent with international standards. Accordingly, we will follow the original proposal and extend the watch requirement until February 1, 2005. In light of the Task Force's comments indicating that we should reflect an extension of the Channel 16 watch requirement both in Section 80.305(a)(3) and in Section 80.1123, we will make the appropriate revisions to both of these rules. Thus, the Channel 16 watch requirement will appear in Subparts C (in Section 80.148), G and W. Watch Requirements on 2182 kHz Background. Sections 80.305(a)(2), (b)(1), and 80.1123(d) of our Rules govern watch requirements on 2182 kHz. The ITU, however, recommends that vessels voluntarily maintain
• http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-02-102A1_Erratum.doc
  • 1, 2005. Therefore, extending the date beyond February 1, 2005 in our Part 80 rules would be inconsistent with international standards. Accordingly, we will follow the original proposal and extend the watch requirement until February 1, 2005. In light of the Task Force's comments indicating that we should reflect an extension of the Channel 16 watch requirement both in Section 80.305(a)(3) and in Section 80.1123, we will make the appropriate revisions to both of these rules. Thus, the Channel 16 watch requirement will appear in Subparts C (in Section 80.148), G and W. Watch Requirements on 2182 kHz Background. Sections 80.305(a)(2), (b)(1), and 80.1123(d) of our Rules govern watch requirements on 2182 kHz. The ITU, however, recommends that vessels voluntarily maintain
• http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-04-3A1.doc http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-04-3A1.pdf http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-04-3A1.txt
  • 156.800 MHz, notification must be made by the licensee to the nearest district office of the U.S. Coast Guard as soon as practicable. The notification must include the estimated or known resumption time of the watch. * * * * * 15. Section 80.304 is amended by removing paragraph (a) and retaining paragraph (b) as an undesignated paragraph. 16. Section 80.305 is amended by removing paragraph (a)(1) and redesignating paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(3) as paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2). 17. Section 80.306 is removed. 18. Section 80.319 is amended by revising paragraph (c) to read as follows: § 80.319 Radiotelegraph distress call and message transmission procedure. * * * (c) The distress message, preceded by the distress call, must be repeated at
• http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-06-129A1.doc http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-06-129A1.pdf http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-06-129A1.txt
  • Radio Regulations permit DSC relays, and we see no reason for the Part 80 rules to diverge from the international standards on this point. In sum, we believe that Sections 80.1117 and 80.1121, as currently written, clearly and properly neither mandate nor prohibit the use of DSC in relaying distress alerts. Channel 16 Watch Requirement Compulsory Vessels Background. Sections 80.148, 80.305 and 80.1123 of the Commission's Rules require compulsory ships at sea to maintain a continuous watch on maritime VHF Channel 16 (156.800 MHz). Each of the rules includes a sunset date, i.e., a date on which the Channel 16 watch requirement would terminate by its own terms. In the Report and Order, the Commission extended that sunset date from February
• http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-10-110A1.doc http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-10-110A1.pdf http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-10-110A1.txt
  • 80.1065. We also make minor changes to the Section 80.373(f) listing of frequencies in the 156-162 MHz band, and correct the inadvertent removal of a table of frequencies from Section 80.373(g) when that rule was amended in the Third R&O. In addition, we remove the remaining references in Part 80 to 2182 kHz watch receivers, which are in Sections 80.251(a), 80.305(b)(1), 80.854(c), and 80.905(a)(4)(vii) of the Rules. In the Third R&O, the Commission eliminated the requirement to carry a 2182 kHz watch receiver for all vessels, and amended a number of rules accordingly. It inadvertently neglected to remove the references to 2182 kHz watch receivers in the aforementioned rules, however, and we now rectify that omission. We also take this opportunity
• http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Notices/2000/fcc00105.doc
  • a continuous listening watch on VHF Channel 16'' (the VHF distress and safety channel), expired on February 1, 1999. However, the SOLAS Convention extended this requirement until February 1, 2005, in order to increase the safety of compulsory and voluntary vessels alike. Therefore, we propose to retain this watch requirement with an expiration date of February 1, 2005. Similarly, Sections 80.305(a)(2), (b)(1), and 80.1123(d) of our Rules provide that every compulsory ship at sea must maintain a continuous watch on 2182 kHz (the MF distress and safety frequency). The ITU recommends that vessels voluntarily maintain such a watch when a significant number of non-compulsory vessels is in the vicinity. We seek comment as to the practicality of a voluntary watch, what