47 CFR 80.874
§ 80.874 VHF radiotelephone receiver.
United States · 47 CFR — Telecommunication · Status: effective
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- 47 CFR 80.874, § 80.874 VHF radiotelephone receiver, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/237604
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(a) The receiver used for providing the watch for navaigational safety required by § 80.313 must be certificated by the Commission and capable of effective reception of G3E emission on the frequencies required by § 80.871(d) when connected to the antenna specified in § 80.876.
(b) The receiver must have a usable sensitivity of 0.5 microvolts.
(c) The receiver must deliver adequate audio output power to be heard in the ambient noise level likely to be expected on board ships with a loudspeaker and/or a telephone handset.
(d) In the simplex mode when the transmitter is activated the receiver output must be muted.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.