14.9 Radio equipment: sea areas A1 and A2
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14.9 Radio equipment: sea areas A1 and A2

  14.9.1 In addition to meeting the requirements of 14.7, every craft engaged on voyages beyond sea area A1, but remaining within sea area A2, shall be provided with:

  • .1 an MF radio installation capable of transmitting and receiving, for distress and safety purposes, on the frequencies:

    • .1.1 2187.5 kHz using DSC; and

    • .1.2 2182 kHz using radiotelephony;

  • .2 a radio installation capable of maintaining a continuous DSC watch on the frequency 2187.5 kHz which may be separate from, or combined with, that required by 14.9.1.1.1; and

  • .3 means of initiating the transmission of ship-to-shore distress alerts by a radio service other than MF, operating either:

    • .3.1 through the polar orbiting satellite service on 406 MHz; this requirement may be fulfilled by the satellite EPIRB, required by 14.7.1.6, either by installing the satellite EPIRB close to, or by remote activation from, the position from which the craft is normally navigated; or

    • .3.2 on HF using DSC; or

    • .3.3 through a recognized mobile satellite service by a ship earth station; this requirement may be fulfilled by:

      • .3.3.1 the equipment specified in 14.9.3.2; or

      • .3.3.2 the satellite EPIRB, required by 14.7.1.6, either by installing the satellite EPIRB close to, or by remote activation from, the position from which the craft is normally navigated.

  14.9.2 It shall be possible to initiate transmission of distress alerts by the radio installations specified in 14.9.1.1 and 14.9.1.3 from the position from which the craft is normally navigated.

  14.9.3 The craft shall, in addition, be capable of transmitting and receiving general radiocommunications using radiotelephony or direct-printing telegraphy by either:

  • .1 a radio installation operating on working frequencies in the bands between 1605 kHz and 4000 kHz or between 4000 kHz and 27,500 kHz; this requirement may be fulfilled by the addition of this capability in the equipment required by 14.9.1.1; or

  • .2 a recognized mobile satellite service ship earth station.

Parent topic: Chapter 14 - Radiocommunications
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