U.S. Code of Federal Regulations

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All TitlesTitle 47Chapter IPart 80Subpart G - Subpart G—Safety Watch Requirements and Procedures

COAST STATION SAFETY WATCHES
§ 80.301 - Watch requirements.
§ 80.302 - Notice of discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of service involving a distress watch.
§ 80.303 - Watch on 156.800 MHz (Channel 16).

SHIP STATION SAFETY WATCHES
§ 80.304 - Watch requirement during silence periods.
§ 80.305 - Watch requirements of the Communications Act and the Safety Convention.
§ 80.307 - Compulsory use of radiotelegraph auto alarm.
§ 80.308 - Watch required for subpart T vessels on the Great Lakes.
§ 80.309 - Watch required by the Bridge-to-Bridge Act.
§ 80.310 - Watch required by voluntary vessels.

DISTRESS, ALARM, URGENCY AND SAFETY PROCEDURES
§ 80.311 - Authority for distress transmission.
§ 80.312 - Priority of distress transmissions.
§ 80.313 - Frequencies for use in distress.
§ 80.314 - Distress communications.
§ 80.317 - Radiotelegraph and radiotelephone alarm signals.
§ 80.318 - Use of alarm signals.
§ 80.319 - Radiotelegraph distress call and message transmission procedure.
§ 80.320 - Radiotelephone distress call and message transmission procedure.
§ 80.321 - Acknowledgement of receipt of distress message.
§ 80.322 - Form of acknowledgement.
§ 80.323 - Information furnished by an acknowledging station.
§ 80.324 - Transmission of distress message by station not itself in distress.
§ 80.325 - Control of distress traffic.
§ 80.326 - Notification of resumption of normal working.
§ 80.327 - Urgency signals and messages.
§ 80.329 - Safety signals and messages.
§ 80.331 - Bridge-to-bridge communication procedure.
§ 80.332 - Equipment to aid search and rescue operations.
§ 80.333 - Stations in the maritime mobile-satellite service.
§ 80.334 - False distress alerts.
§ 80.335 - Procedures for canceling false distress alerts.
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