---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 80.271"
title: "47"
number: "80.271"
heading: "Technical requirements for portable survival craft radiotelephone transceivers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/80.271"
---

# §80.271. Technical requirements for portable survival craft radiotelephone transceivers.

- (a) Portable survival craft radiotelephone transceivers must comply with the following:
  - (1) The transceivers must receive and transmit either on 457.525 MHz or on 156.800 MHz;
  - (2) The receiver must comply with the requirements in [part 15](/cfr/47/part15.md), [subpart B](/cfr/47/subpartB.md) of this chapter and must have a sensitivity of not more than 2 microvolts;
  - (3) The effective radiated power of the transmitter must be at least 0.1 watt;
  - (4) The transceivers must be battery powered and operate for at least four hours with a transmit to receive ratio of 1:9 with no significant adverse effect upon the performance of the device;
  - (5) The transceivers must have a permanently attached waterproof label with the statement “Complies with the FCC requirements for survival craft two-way radiotelephone equipment”; and
  - (6) The antenna must be permanently attached to the device or its removal must require the use of a special tool.
- (b) Portable radiotelephone transceivers that are already certificated may be used to satisfy the survival craft radiotelephone requirement until October 1, 1993, provided the device meets the technical requirements in [paragraphs (a)](#a) (1) through (3) of this section.
- (c) Survival craft radiotelephone equipment installed after October 1, 1988, must be certificated to meet the requirements of this section.
- (d) After October 1, 1993, all portable radiotelephone transceivers that are used to satisfy the survival craft radiotelephone requirement must have been certificated to meet the requirements of this section.
- (e) Portable radiotelephone transceivers which are certified to meet the requirements of this section must be identified by an appropriate note in the Commission's database.

## Notes

### Amendments

[51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 63 FR 36607, July 7, 1998; 73 FR 4483, Jan. 25, 2008; 76 FR 67612, Nov. 2, 2011]

### 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 63 FR 36607, July 7, 1998; 73 FR 4483, Jan. 25, 2008; 76 FR 67612, Nov. 2, 2011]