GroundRules
47 CFR 80.1115: Transmission of a distress alert by a station not itself in distress.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 47—Telecommunication
- CHAPTER I—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
- SUBCHAPTER D—SAFETY AND SPECIAL RADIO SERVICES
- PART 80—STATIONS IN THE MARITIME SERVICES
- Subpart W—Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)
(a) A station in the mobile or mobile-satellite service which learns that a mobile unit is in distress must initiate and transmit a distress alert relay in any of the following cases:
(1) When the mobile unit in distress is not itself in a position to transmit the distress alert; or
(2) When the master or person responsible for the mobile unit not in distress or the person responsible for the land station determines that further help is necessary.
(b) A station transmitting a distress alert relay in accordance with paragraph (a) of this section or § 80.1121(c) must indicate that it is not itself in distress.
Collected 2026-08-27T02:26:28Z. Source file · JSON