Sec. 80.1201  Special provisions for cable-repair ship stations.

    (a) A ship station may be authorized to use radio channels in the 
285-315 kHz band in Region 1 and 285-325 kHz in any other region for 
cable repair radiodetermination purposes under the following conditions:
    (1) The radio transmitting equipment attached to the cable-marker 
buoy associated with the ship station must be described in the station 
application;
    (2) The call sign used for the transmitter operating under the 
provisions of this section is the call sign of the ship station followed 
by the letters ``BT'' and the identifying number of the buoy.
    (3) The buoy transmitter must be continuously monitored by a 
licensed radiotelegraph operator on board the cable repair ship station; 
and
    (4) The transmitter must operate under the provisions in 
Sec. 80.375(b).