Sec. 80.223  Special requirements for survival craft stations.

    (a) Survival craft stations capable of transmitting on:
    (1) 500 kHz must be able to operate with class A2A and A2B or H2A 
and H2B emissions;
    (2) 2182 kHz must be able to operate with A2B and A3E or H2B and H3E 
and J2B and J3E emissions;
    (3) 8364 kHz must be able to operate with class A2A or H2A emission; 
and
    (4) 121.500 MHz must be able to operate with A3E or A3N emission.
    (b) Survival craft stations must be able to receive the frequency 
and types of emission which the transmitter is capable of using. Where 
the transmitter frequency is 8364 kHz the receiver must be able to 
receive A1A, A2A and H2A emissions throughout the 8320-8745 kHz band.
    (c) Survival craft transmitters operating on 500 kHz or on 8364 kHz 
must be able to be manually keyed. If provisions are made for 
automatically transmitting the radiotelegraph alarm signal or the 
radiotelegraph distress signal, such provisions must meet the 
requirements in subpart F of this part.
    (d) Any EPIRB carried as part of a survival craft station must 
comply with the specific technical and performance requirements for its 
class contained in subpart V of this chapter.
[ 51 FR 31213 , Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at  53 FR 8905 , Mar. 18, 1988;  53 FR 37308 , Sept. 26, 1988;  56 FR 11516 , Mar. 19, 1991]