---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 80.223"
title: "47"
number: "80.223"
heading: "Special requirements for survival craft stations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/80.223"
---

# §80.223. Special requirements for survival craft stations.

- (a) **Survival craft stations capable of transmitting on—**
  - (1) 2182 kHz must be able to operate with A3E or H3E and J2B and J3E emissions;
  - (2) 121.500 MHz must be able to operate with A3E or A3N emission.
- (b) Survival craft stations must be able to receive the frequency and types of emission which the transmitter is capable of using.
- (c) Any EPIRB carried as part of a survival craft must comply with the specific technical and performance requirements for its class contained in subpart V of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[68 FR 46966, Aug. 7, 2003, as amended at 73 FR 4482, Jan. 25, 2008]

### 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

[68 FR 46966, Aug. 7, 2003, as amended at 73 FR 4482, Jan. 25, 2008]