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47 U.S.C. § 356 — Approval of installations by Commission
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Insofar as is necessary to carry out the purposes and requirements of this part, the Commission shall have authority, for any ship subject to this part—
(1) To approve the details as to the location and manner of installations of the equipment required by this part or of equipment necessitated by reason of the purposes and requirements of this part.
(2) To approve installations, apparatus, and spare parts necessary to comply with the purposes and requirements of this part.
(3) To prescribe such additional equipment as may be determined to be necessary to supplement that specified in this part, for the proper functioning of the radio installation installed in accordance with this part or for the proper conduct of radio communication in time of emergency or distress.
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Insofar as is necessary to carry out the purposes and requirements of this part, the Commission shall have authority, for any ship subject to this part—
(1) To approve the details as to the location and manner of installations of the equipment required by this part or of equipment necessitated by reason of the purposes and requirements of this part.
(2) To approve installations, apparatus, and spare parts necessary to comply with the purposes and requirements of this part.
(3) To prescribe such additional equipment as may be determined to be necessary to supplement that specified in this part, for the proper functioning of the radio installation installed in accordance with this part or for the proper conduct of radio communication in time of emergency or distress.
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**(a)** Except as provided in section 352 hereof it shall be unlawful—
(1) For any ship of the United States, other than a cargo ship of less than three hundred gross tons, to be navigated in the open sea outside of a harbor or port, or for any ship of the United States or any foreign country, other than a cargo ship of less than three hundred gross tons, to leave or attempt to leave any harbor or port of the United States for a voyage in the open sea, unless such ship is equipped with an efficient radio station in operating condition, as specified by subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph, in charge of and operated by one or more radio officers or operators, adequately installed and protected so as to insure proper operation, and so as not to endanger the ship and radio station as hereinafter provided, and, in the case of a ship of the United States, unless there is on board a valid station license issued in accordance with this chapter.
(A) Passenger ships irrespective of size and cargo ships of one thousand six hundred gross tons and upward shall be equipped with a radiotelegraph station complying with the provisions of this part;
(B) Cargo ships of three hundred gross tons and upward but less than one thousand six hundred gross tons, unless equipped with a radiotelegraph station complying with the provisions of this part, shall be equipped with a radiotelephone station complying with the provisions of this part.
(2) For any ship of the United States of one thousand six hundred gross tons and upward to be navigated in the open sea outside of a harbor or port, or for any such ship of the United States or any foreign country to leave or attempt to leave any harbor or port of the United States for a voyage in the open sea, unless such ship is equipped with
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TITLE 47—TELECOMMUNICATIONS
§ 357
situated on the bridge, there shall be efficient
communication with the bridge.
(b) The radiotelephone installation shall be ca-
pable of transmitting and receiving on the fre-
quencies, and using the classes of emission, des-
ignated by the Commission pursuant to law for
the purposes of distress and safety of navigation.
(c) The radiotelephone installation shall have
a minimum normal range of one hundred and
fifty nautical miles; that is, it shall be capable
of transmitting and receiving clearly percep-
tible signals from ship to ship by day and under
normal conditions and circumstances over this
range.
(d) There shall be available at all times a main
source of electrical energy sufficient to operate
the installation over the normal range required
by subsection (c) of this section. If batteries are
provided they shall have sufficient capacity to
operate the transmitter and receiver for at least
six continuous hours under normal working con-
ditions. In installations made on or after No-
vember 19, 1952, a reserve source of electrical en-
ergy shall be provided in the upper part of the
ship unless the main source of energy is so situ-
ated.
(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 356, as added
Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 729, § 2(d), 68 Stat. 706; amended
Pub. L. 89–121, § 7, Aug. 13, 1965, 79 Stat. 515.)
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AMENDMENTS
1965—Pub. L. 89–121 limited the opening provisions to
cargo ships of 300 gross tons and upwards.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89–121 required the radiotelephone
station to be so located that it is sheltered to the
greatest possible extent from noise which might impair
the correct reception of messages and signals.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89–121 substituted ‘‘on the fre-
quencies, and using the
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