Sec. 80.1017  Antenna system.

    (a) An antenna must be provided for nonportable bridge-to-bridge 
radiotelephone installations which is nondirectional and vertically 
polarized. The construction and installation of this antenna must insure 
proper operation in time of an emergency.
    (b) In cases where portable bridge-to-bridge equipment is 
permanently associated with a vessel, the equipment must be provided 
with a connector for an external antenna of a type capable of meeting 
requirements of paragraph (a) of this section and Sec. 80.71. The vessel 
must be equipped with an external antenna meeting requirements of 
paragraph (a) of this section and Sec. 80.71, capable of use with the 
portable equipment during a normal listening watch.