---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 80.869"
title: "47"
number: "80.869"
heading: "Test of radiotelephone station."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/80.869"
---

# §80.869. Test of radiotelephone station.


Unless the normal use of the required radiotelephone station demonstrates that the equipment is operating, a test communication on a required or working frequency must be made each day the ship is navigated. When this test is performed by a person other than the master and the equipment is found to be defective the master must be promptly notified.


## Notes

### 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.