Goto Section: 80.269 | 80.273 | Table of Contents
FCC 80.271
Revised as of October 1, 2006
Goto Year:2005 |
2007
Sec. 80.271 Technical requirements for portable survival craft radiotelephone
transceivers.
(a) Portable survival craft radiotelephone transceivers must comply with the
following:
(1) The transceivers must receive and transmit either on 457.525 MHz or on
156.800 MHz;
(2) The receiver must comply with the requirements in part 15, subpart C of
this chapter and must have a sensitivity of not more than 2 microvolts. The
sensitivity requirement must be met using the receiver sensitivity
measurement procedure specified in the Radio Technical Commission for Marine
Services (RTCM) Special Committee No. 66 Report MMS-R2;
(3) The effective radiated power of the transmitter must be at least 0.1
watt;
(4) The transceivers must be battery powered and operate for at least four
hours with a transmit to receive ratio of 1:9 with no significant adverse
effect upon the performance of the device;
(5) The transceivers must have a permanently attached waterproof label with
the statement “Complies with the FCC requirements for survival craft two-way
radiotelephone equipment”; and
(6) The antenna must be permanently attached to the device or its removal
must require the use of a special tool.
(b) Portable radiotelephone transceivers that are already certificated may
be used to satisfy the survival craft radiotelephone requirement until
October 1, 1993, provided the device meets the technical requirements in
paragraphs (a) (1) through (3) of this section.
(c) Survival craft radiotelephone equipment installed after October 1, 1988,
must be certificated to meet the requirements of this section.
(d) After October 1, 1993, all portable radiotelephone transceivers that are
used to satisfy the survival craft radiotelephone requirement must have been
certificated to meet the requirements of this section.
(e) Portable radiotelephone transceivers which are type accepted to meet the
requirements of this section must be identified by an appropriate note in
the Commission's database.
[ 51 FR 31213 , Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 63 FR 36607 , July 7, 1998]
Goto Section: 80.269 | 80.273
Goto Year: 2005 |
2007
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