Sec. 80.1055 Special requirements for Class B EPIRB stations.
(a) A Class B EPIRB must meet the following:
(1) The EPIRB must be turned on automatically, as by water activated
battery, or manually by an on-off switch. A positive means of turning
the equipment off must be provided. Where an on-off switch is employed,
a guard must be provided to prevent inadvertent operation;
(2) The equipment must be designed to be deployed, its controls
actuated, or its antenna erected, each by a single action task which can
be performed by either hand;
(3) Meet the requirements in Secs. 80.1053(a) (4) through (8),
(a)(14), and (c) through (i) of this part. EPIRBs with water activated
batteries must, additionally, meet the requirements contained in
Secs. 80.1053 (a)(10) and (a)(11) of this part,
(4) Bear a designation that indicates it is a ``Class B'' EPIRB.
(b) A Class B EPIRB may have a manually activated test switch which
meets the requirements in Sec. 80.1053 (b) and (c).
(c) If testing of an EPIRB with Coast Guard coordination is not
possible, brief operational tests are authorized provided the tests are
conducted within the first five minutes of any hour and are not longer
than three audio sweeps or one second whichever is longer.
[ 51 FR 31213 , Sept. 2, 1986; 52 FR 35246 , Sept. 18, 1987, as amended at
53 FR 8906 , Mar. 18, 1988; 56 FR 11517 , Mar. 19, 1991]
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