---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 95.2989"
title: "47"
number: "95.2989"
heading: "PLB and MSLD technical standards."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/95.2989"
---

# §95.2989. PLB and MSLD technical standards.

- (a) PLB transmitter types must be designed to comply with technical standard RTCM 1010.2. MSLD transmitter types must be designed to comply with technical standard RTCM 11901.1.
- (b) **Incorporation by reference.** The material listed in this [paragraph (b)](#b) is incorporated by reference in this section with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. [552(a)](/usc/5/552.md?p=a) and [1](/usc/5/1.md) CFR [part 51](/cfr/47/part51.md). All approved incorporation by reference (IBR) material is available for inspection at the FCC and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Contact the FCC through the Federal Communications Commission's Reference Information Center, phone: (202) 418-0270. For information on the availability of this material at NARA, visit www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html or email fr.inspection@nara.gov. The material may be obtained from the following source in this [paragraph (b)](#b):
  - (1) The following standards are available from the Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services, 1611 N. Kent St., Suite 605, Arlington, Virginia 22209-2128.
    - (i) RTCM 11010.2, “406 MHz Satellite Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs),” including Amendments 1 and 2, dated June 8, 2012 (RTCM 11010).
    - (ii) RTCM 11901.1, “Maritime Survivor Locating Devices (MSLD),” dated June 4, 2012.
  - (2) [Reserved].

## Notes

### Amendments

[82 FR 41104, Aug. 29, 2017, as amended at 85 FR 64411, Oct. 13, 2020; 88 FR 21451, Apr. 10, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 307.

### Source

Source: 82 FR 41104, Aug. 29, 2017, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[82 FR 41104, Aug. 29, 2017, as amended at 85 FR 64411, Oct. 13, 2020; 88 FR 21451, Apr. 10, 2023]