VHF radiotelephone station.

(a) All passenger ships irrespective of size and all cargo ships of 300 gross tons and upwards subject to part II of title III of the Communications Act or to the Safety Convention are required to carry a VHF radiotelephone station complying with this subpart. Ships subject only to the Communications Act may use a VHF radiotelephone installation meeting the technical standards of the Bridge-to-Bridge Act to satisfy the watch requirements of § 80.305(a)(3) if the equipment can transmit and receive on 156.800 MHz. (b) The VHF radiotelephone station must be installed to insure safe and effective operation of the equipment and facilitate repair. It must be protected against vibration, moisture and temperature. (c) The principal operating position of the radiotelephone station must be in the room from which the ship is normally steered while at sea. (d) The radiotelephone stations on ships subject to Part II of Title III of the Communications Act must be capable of operating on the frequency 156.800 MHz and in other respects meet the requirements of § 80.143. The radiotelephone stations on ships subject to the Safety Convention must be capable of operating in the simplex mode on the ship station transmitting frequencies specified in the frequency band 156.025 MHz to 157.425 MHz and in the semiduplex mode on the two frequency channels specified in the following table: Channel designators Transmitting frequencies (MHz) Ship station Coast station 60 156.025 160.625 01 156.050 160.650 61 156.075 160.675 02 156.100 160.700 62 156.125 160.725 03 156.150 160.750 63 156.175 160.775 04 156.200 160.800 64 156.225 160.825 05 156.250 160.850 65 156.275 160.875 06 156.300 66 156.325 160.925 07 156.350 160.950 67 156.375 156.375 08 156.400 68 156.425 156.425 09 156.450 156.450 69 156.475 156.475 10 156.500 156.500 11 156.550 156.550 71 156.575 156.575 12 156.600 156.600 72 156.625 13 156.650 156.650 73 156.675 156.675 14 156.700 156.700 74 156.725 156.725 15 156.750 156.750 16 156.800 156.800 17 156.850 156.850 77 156.875 18 156.900 161.500 78 156.925 161.525 19 156.950 161.550 79 156.975 161.575 20 157.000 161.600 80 157.025 161.625 21 157.050 161.650 81 157.075 161.675 22 157.100 161.700 82 157.125 161.725 23 157.150 161.750 83 157.175 161.775 24 157.200 161.800 84 157.225 161.825 25 157.250 161.850 85 157.275 161.875 26 157.300 161.900 86 157.325 161.925 27 157.350 161.950 87 157.375 161.975 28 157.400 162.000 88 157.425 162.025 1 Guard band. [51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986; 52 FR 35246, Sept. 18, 1987, as amended at 54 FR 40059, Sept. 29, 1989; 73 FR 4487, Jan. 25, 2008; 82 FR 27213, June 14, 2017]