Regulation 8 - Radio equipment: Sea area A1
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Regulation 8 - Radio equipment: Sea area A1

  1 In addition to meeting the requirements of regulation 7, every ship engaged on voyages exclusively in sea area A1 shall be provided with a radio installation capable of initiating the transmission of ship-to-shore distress alerts from the position from which the ship is normally navigated, operating either:

  • .1 on VHF using DSC; this requirement may be fulfilled by the EPIRB prescribed by paragraph 3, either by installing the EPIRB close to, or by remote activation from, the position from which the ship is normally navigated; or

  • .2 through the polar orbiting satellite service on 406 MHz; this requirement may be fulfilled by the satellite EPIRB, required by regulation 7.1.6, either by installing the satellite EPIRB close to, or by remote activation from, the position from which the ship is normally navigated; or

  • .3 if the ship is engaged on voyages within coverage of MF coast stations equipped with DSC, on MF using DSC; or

  • .4 on HF using DSC; or

  • .5 through a recognized mobile satellite service; this requirement may be fulfilled by:

    • .5.1 a ship earth station;footnote or

    • .5.2 the satellite EPIRB, required by regulation 7.1.6, either by installing the satellite EPIRB close to, or by remote activation from, the position from which the ship is normally navigated.

  2 The VHF radio installation, required by regulation 7.1.1, shall also be capable of transmitting and receiving general radiocommunications using radiotelephony.

  3 Ships engaged on voyages exclusively in sea area A1 may carry, in lieu of the satellite EPIRB required by regulation 7.1.6, an EPIRB which shall be:

  • .1 capable of transmitting a distress alert using DSC on VHF channel 70 and providing for locating by means of a radar transponder capable of operating in the 9 GHz band;

  • .2 installed in an easily accessible position;

  • .3 ready to be manually released and capable of being carried by one person into a survival craft;

  • .4 capable of floating free if the ship sinks and being automatically activated when afloat; and

  • .5 capable of being activated manually.

Parent topic: Part C - Ship requirements
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