GroundRules
47 CFR 80.91: Order of priority of communications.
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 C—Operating Requirements and Procedures
(a) All stations in the maritime mobile service and the maritime mobile-satellite service shall be capable of offering four levels of priority in the following order:
(1) Distress calls, distress messages, and distress traffic.
(2) Urgency communications.
(3) Safety communications.
(4) Other communications.
(b) In a fully automated system, where it is impracticable to offer all four levels of priority, category 1 shall receive priority until such time as intergovernmental agreements remove exemptions granted for such systems from offering the complete order of priority.
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