31. No person shall equip a survival craft with a fixed VHF radiotelephone apparatus unless the survival craft

• (a) is equipped with a cabin that is large enough to accommodate the apparatus and the person using it; and

• (b) if the antenna of the apparatus is separately mounted, is provided with a device for installing and securing the antenna in its operating position.

32. Search and rescue VHF radio direction-finding equipment shall

• (a) be capable of receiving amplitude-modulated signals on frequency 121.5 MHz;

• (b) be capable of receiving frequency or phase-modulated signals on frequency 156.8 MHz (channel 16);

• (c) provide an automatic indication-of-direction signal that is received when the source of the signal is located within an arc of 30° on either side of the ship’s bow;

• (d) provide an automatic indication-of-direction signal that is received with an absolute accuracy of one degree, under static conditions, when the source of the signal is located directly off the ship’s bow;

• (e) have a minimum sensitivity of two microvolts per metre;

• (f) have an adjacent channel selectivity of more than 70 dB; and

• (g) be fitted with an antenna that is

  • (i) located so as to minimize the reception of interfering signals originating from the ship on which it is installed, and

  • (ii) erected on top of other structures and in such a manner relative to nearby conductors or conductive surfaces as to satisfy the requirements of paragraphs (c) and (d).

33. A ship station shall be operated in accordance with the International Radio Regulations.

34. Every ship shall have on board the number of radio operators that is required by the Crewing Regulations, and the radio operators shall hold the qualifications for operating a ship station prescribed in those Regulations.

35. Except in a case of distress, no ship station shall radiate more power than the power required to ensure clear communication.

• 36. (1) Subject to subsection (2) and except in a case of distress, no person shall use a ship station on board a non-Canadian warship while the warship is lying in a Canadian harbour.

• (2) The master of a non-Canadian warship may request permission to use a ship station on board the warship from the Senior Naval Officer at or near the harbour in which the ship is lying or, if there is no such officer or if that officer is not available, from a radio inspector.

• (3) Permission requested under subsection (2) shall be granted if, in the request, the master states

  • (a) the frequencies to be used;

  • (b) the means of transmissions proposed;

  • (c) the times and duration of the proposed transmission of signals; and

  • (d) maximum power proposed to be used.