§ 80.834 - Survival craft portable two-way radiotelephone.

Link to an amendment published at 68 FR 46973, Aug. 7, 2003.

(a) Survival craft portable two-way radiotelephone transceivers must meet the provisions of § 80.271.

(b) The equipment must be stowed in the radio room, on the bridge or in a location readily accessible for transfer to life boats when not being used by shipboard personnel to satisfy the vessel's operational requirements.

(c) When not in routine use the survival craft two-way radiotelephone transceivers must be operationally tested once a week. Operational test should be conducted with equipment separated as far as practical and in the case of UHF equipment must include tests on the frequency 457.525 MHz.

(d) All survival craft two-way radiotelephones associated with a ship must operate in the same frequency band (VHF or UHF).

Effective Date Note:

At 68 FR 46973, Aug. 7, 2003, § 80.834 was removed, effective October 6, 2003.