---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 80.874"
title: "47"
number: "80.874"
heading: "VHF radiotelephone receiver."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/80.874"
---

# §80.874. VHF radiotelephone receiver.

- (a) The receiver used for providing the watch for navaigational safety required by [§ 80.313](/cfr/47/80.313.md) must be certificated by the Commission and capable of effective reception of G3E emission on the frequencies required by [§ 80.871(d)](/cfr/47/80.871.md?p=d) when connected to the antenna specified in [§ 80.876](/cfr/47/80.876.md).
- (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.

## Notes

### Amendments

[51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 63 FR 36607, July 7, 1998]

### 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]