CFR > Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters > CHAPTER IV—SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION > PART 401—SEAWAY REGULATIONS AND RULES > SUBPART A—Regulations (§401.1 to §401.97) > 401.9—Radiotelephone equipment.

401.9—Radiotelephone equipment.

(a) Self-propelled vessels, other than pleasure craft of less than 20.0 m in overall length, shall be equipped with VHF (very high frequency) radiotelephone equipment.
(b) The radio transmitters on a vessel shall:
(1) Have sufficient power output to enable the vessel to communicate with Seaway stations from a distance of 48 km; and
(2) Be fitted to operate from the conning position in the wheelhouse and to communicate on channels 11, 12, 13, 14, 17 and 66a.

Code of Federal Regulations

(68 Stat. 93-96, 33 U.S.C. 981-990 , as amended and secs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 13 of sec. 2 of Pub. L. 95-474, 92 Stat. 1471)

Code of Federal Regulations

[39 FR 10900, Mar. 22, 1974, as amended at 40 FR 11721, Mar. 13, 1975; 47 FR 51121, Nov. 12, 1982; 48 FR 20690, May 9, 1983; 61 FR 19551, May 2, 1996; 70 FR 12970, Mar. 17, 2005]