---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 80.1181"
title: "47"
number: "80.1181"
heading: "Station identification."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/80.1181"
---

# §80.1181. Station identification.

- (a) On-board stations must identify when:
  - (1) The vessel is within 32 km (20 miles) of any coastline; or
  - (2) **The communications are likely to be received aboard another vessel.**
- (b) Identification, when required, must be:
  - (1) **Transmitted at the beginning and the end of a series of communications.** Whenever communications are sustained for a period exceeding 15 minutes, station identification must be transmitted at intervals not exceeding 15 minutes.
  - (2) In English and must include the name of the vessel, followed by a number or name designating the respective mobile unit, for example: “S.S. United States Mobile One, this is Mobile Two.”

## Notes

### Amendments

[51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 58 FR 44954, Aug. 25, 1993]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151-155, 301-609; 3 U.S.T. 3450, 3 U.S.T. 4726, 12 U.S.T. 2377.

### Source

Source: 51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 58 FR 44954, Aug. 25, 1993]