NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - Incorporating all amendments by legislation
made to 31 October 1980
- Reprinted as at 31 October 1980 (HISTREG CHAP 194 #DATE 31:10:1980)
*1* The Navigation (Radio) Regulations (in force under the Navigation Act 1912) as shown in this reprint comprise Statutory Rules 1968 No. 39 as amended by the other Statutory Rules specified in the following table: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Application, Date of saving or Year and notification Date of transitional number in Gazette commencement provisions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1968 No. 39 20 Mar 1968 20 Mar 1968 1972 No. 117 27 July 1972 27 July 1972 - 1973 No. 121 28 June 1973 28 June 1973 - 1976 No. 224 7 Oct 1976 7 Oct 1976 - 1978 No. 122 13 July 1978 13 July 1978 - 124 13 July 1978 13 July 1978 - 136 13 July 1978 13 July 1978 R. 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - TABLE OF PROVISIONS
TABLE
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
PART I-PRELIMINARY
Regulation
1. Citation
2. Repeal
3. (Repealed)
4. Interpretation
5. Exemptions
6. Equivalents
PART II-GENERAL PROVISIONS
7. Provision of radiotelegraphy installation
8. Provision of radiotelephony installation
9. Climatic and durability tests
10. Interference, &c.
11. Maintenance of radio installation
12. High voltage parts
13. Batteries
14. Exemption of certain ships from requirements to keep a radio
log-book
15. Radio log-book
PART III-RADIOTELEGRAPH SHIPS
16. Electrical independence of main and emergency equipment
17. Radiotelegraph room
18. Aerials
19. Range of transmitters
20. Supply of electrical energy
21. Reserve source of electrical energy not to be used except for
certain purposes
22. Supply of electrical energy for testing
23. Documents to be carried on radiotelegraph ships on international
voyages
24. Documents to be carried on board radiotelegraph ships on voyages
other than international voyages
25. Radio Officers
26. Radio watch
27. Manner of keeping radio watch
28. Tests
29. Charging of batteries
30. Restriction of use of reserve transmitter
31. Entries in radio log-book
32. Posting of ship's position
PART IV-RADIOTELEGRAPHY EQUIPMENT IN OR FOR LIFEBOATS AND
LIFERAFTS
33. Specifications for fixed installation
34. Portable equipment
35. Tests
PART V-RADIOTELEPHONE SHIPS
36. Aerial
37. Range
38. Source of electrical energy
39. Electrical energy for testing
40. Documents to be carried on radiotelephone ships
41. Miscellaneous requirements
42. Provision of radiotelephone operators
43. Radio watch by radiotelephone
44. Tests
45. Charging of batteries
46. Entries to be made in official log-book
PART VI-QUALIFICATIONS OF RADIO OFFICERS AND WIRELESS
SIGNALLERS
47. Radio officers
48. Wireless signallers
PART VII-TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
49. Radiotelegraphy equipment installed before 1 July 1960
50. Auto-alarm wholly or partly installed before 20 March, 1968
51. (Repealed)
52. Regulation 9 not to apply to existing installation
53. (Repealed)
54. Existing installation on a radiotelephone ship
THE SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE
Radiotelegraphy Installations
SECOND SCHEDULE
Part 1-Main Radiotelephony Installation
Part 2-Reserve Radiotelephony Installation
THIRD SCHEDULE
Climatic and Durability Tests
FOURTH SCHEDULE
Radiotelegraphy Equipment in or for Lifeboats and Liferafts
FIFTH SCHEDULE
Auto-alarm
SIXTH SCHEDULE
Radio Log-book
SEVENTH SCHEDULE
Table of Radio Watch Hours
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 1.
Citation
PART I-PRELIMINARY
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Navigation (Radio) Regulations.*1*
See notes to first article of this Chapter.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 2.
Repeal
2. The Navigation (Radio) Regulations (comprising Statutory Rules 1959, No.
57) are repealed.
Regulation 3 repealed by 1978 No. 124 r. 1
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NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 4.
Interpretation
Sub-reg. (1) amended by 1973 No. 121 r. 1; 1978 No. 136 r. 1
4. (1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears-
"approved" means approved by the Minister, the Postmaster-General or
an authorized officer;
"at sea ", in relation to radio watch-keeping, means the period occupied in
a voyage between the berth at one port of call and the berth at the next port
of call;
"authorized officer" means a person who is an authorized officer for the
purposes of regulation 26 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations;
"auto-alarm" means an apparatus of an approved type for automatically
receiving and registering an alarm signal, being an apparatus that complies
with the requirements specified in the Fifth Schedule;
"Class I ship" means a passenger ship carrying, or authorized to carry,
more than two hundred and fifty passengers;
"Class II (a) ship" means a passenger ship that is not a Class I ship or a
Class III (b) ship;
"Class II (b) ship" means a cargo ship of not less than one thousand six
hundred tons that is not a Class III (b) ship;
"Class III (a) ship" means a cargo ship of less than one thousand six
hundred tons but of not less than seven hundred and fifty tons;
"Class III (b) ship" means-
(a) a ship wholly engaged in the carriage of persons, stores and
equipment in connexion with the operation off the coast of Australia or of a
Territory of the Commonwealth of oil rigs or other structures for the purposes
of the exploration for, or the exploitation of, petroleum resources; or
(b) a ship (other than a ship carrying passengers or goods for hire or
engaged in an international voyage) wholly engaged in activities approved by
the Minister for the purposes of this paragraph,
but does not include a Class I ship, a Class III (a) ship, a Class IV (a)
ship, a Class IV (b) ship or a Class V ship;
"Class IV (a) ship" means a cargo ship of less than seven hundred and
fifty tons but of not less than three hundred tons that is not a Class IV (b)
ship;
"Class IV (b) ship" means a sailing ship of not less than three hundred
tons equipped with auxiliary power;
"Class V ship" means a cargo ship of less than three hundred tons;
"connected" means electrically connected;
"equipment" means equipment forming part of a radio installation;
"existing installation" means-
(a) an installation wholly installed before the commencement of these
Regulations; or
(b) an installation part of which was installed before the commencement
of these Regulations and the remainder of which consists either of-
(i) parts installed in replacement of identical parts; or
(ii) parts which comply with the requirements of these Regulations;
"new installation" means an installation installed on a ship after the
commencement of these Regulations and includes an installation that replaces
an existing installation;
"new ship" means a ship the keel of which was laid after the commencement
of these Regulations;
"operating position ", in relation to any equipment, means the position
normally occupied by a person when operating that equipment;
"petroleum" has the same meaning as in the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act
1967;
"prescribed officer" means a person holding, or for the time being
performing the duties of, an office in the Department of Transport that is
specified for the purposes of this definition by the Minister by instrument in
writing;
"radio surveyor" means a person, being a person skilled with regard to
radio installations, appointed under section 190 of the Act to be a surveyor;
"radiotelegraph ship" means a ship that is equipped with a radiotelegraphy
installation in pursuance of these Regulations;
"radiotelephony distress frequency" means the frequency of two thousand
one hundred and eighty-two kilocycles per second;
"radiotelephone ship" means a ship that is equipped with a radiotelephony
installation in pursuance of these Regulations;
"radio watch" means, in the case of a radiotelegraph ship, listening on
the frequency of five hundred kilocycles per second and, in the case of a
radiotelephone ship, listening on the frequency of two thousand one hundred
and eighty-two kilocycles per second;
"ship" does not include-
(a) a Safety Convention ship in respect of which there is in force a
valid Safety Convention certificate showing that the ship-
(i) complies with such of the requirements of the Safety Convention
as relate to radio installations and radio navigational aids; or
(ii) is wholly exempt from those requirements or is partly exempt and
complies with those requirements to the extent to which she is not exempt;
(b) a ship trading exclusively between ports not more than twenty-five
miles apart;
(c) a ship being towed by another ship where that other ship is provided
with a radiotelegraphy or radiotelephony installation that complies with these
Regulations;
(d) a river and bay ship;
(e) a sailing ship not equipped with auxiliary power; or
(f) an unpowered barge;
"silence periods" means-
(a) in the case of a radiotelegraph ship-periods of three minutes
beginning at the expiration of fifteen minutes and forty-five minutes,
respectively, after each hour of each day reckoned according to Greenwich Mean
Time; and
(b) in the case of a radiotelephone ship-periods of three minutes
beginning at each hour, and at the expiration of thirty minutes after each
hour, of each day reckoned according to Greenwich Mean Time;
"the Act" means the Navigation Act 1912-1967;
"the radiotelegraph room ", in relation to a radiotelegraph ship, means a
room or adjoining rooms on the ship that is, or are, exclusively appropriated
for the operation of the radio installation;
"the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations" means the Wireless Telegraphy
Regulations in force from time to time under the Wireless Telegraphy Act
1905-1966.
(2) Where a word or phrase used in these Regulations is defined in section
187A of the Act, that word or phrase as so used shall, unless the contrary
intention appears, have the meaning given to it in that section.
(3) In these Regulations-
(a) a reference to the tonnage of a ship shall be read as a reference to
the gross registered tonnage of the ship;
(b) a reference to a Schedule shall be read as a reference to a Schedule to
these Regulations;
(c) a reference to a wave, emission or signal of type A1 shall be read as a
reference to radiotelegraphy by the keying of a continuous emission on and
off;
(d) a reference to a wave, emission or signal of type A2 shall be read as a
reference to amplitude modulated radiotelegraphy by the keying of a modulating
audio-frequency or of an emission continuously modulated by an
audio-frequency;
(e) a reference to a wave, emission or signal of type A3 shall be read as a
reference to double sideband amplitude modulated radiotelephony; and
(f) a reference to a wave or emission of type B shall be read as a
reference to a damped emission.
(4) Parts II to V (inclusive) of these Regulations shall be read and
construed subject to Part VII of these Regulations.
Added by 1978 No. 122 r. 1
(5) In these Regulations, a reference to a time of day expressed as 4 digits
in hours is a reference to the time after midnight that is the number of hours
(if any) equal to the number constituted by the first and second of those
digits and the number of minutes (if any) less than an hour equal to the
number constituted by the third and fourth of those digits.
Added by 1978 No. 122 r. 1
(6) For the purposes of sub-regulation (5), where the first of 2 digits
constituting a number of hours or a number of minutes is 0, that number of
hours or number of minutes, as the case may be, shall be taken to be the
number constituted by the second of those 2 digits.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 5.
Exemptions
5. (1) The Minister may-
(a) exempt-
(i) a Class II (b) ship; or
(ii) a Class III (a) ship that is a radiotelegraph ship,
from all or any of the requirements of Part III and Part VI of these
Regulations;
(b) exempt-
(i) a Class III (a) ship that is a radiotelephone ship; or
(ii) a Class III (b) ship, a Class IV (a) ship, a Class IV (b) ship or a
Class V ship,
from all or any of the requirements of Part V and Part VI of these
Regulations; and
(c) exempt-
(i) a ship registered in a country to which the Safety Convention does
not apply; or
(ii) a ship of less than three hundred tons registered in a country to
which the Safety Convention applies,
from all or any of the requirements of Division 6A of Part IV of the Act
and of these Regulations.
(2) Where the Minister is satisfied, as regards any ship, that compliance
with a requirement of these Regulations is, in the circumstances of the case,
unnecessary to secure the safety of the ship and of the persons on board, he
may exempt the ship from the requirement.
Amended by 1978 No. 136 r. 2
(3) Where-
(a) it is proposed to use a ship to make a voyage in the course of trade or
commerce among the States;
(b) the ship is not a ship that is regularly engaged in trade or commerce
among the States; and
(c) the ship is equipped with a radio installation that a prescribed
officer considers satisfactory for the purposes of the voyage,
the prescribed officer may exempt the ship from the requirements of these
Regulations during the period of the voyage.
Amended by 1978 No. 136 r. 2
(4) An exemption under this regulation may be unconditional or subject to
such conditions as the Minister or a prescribed officer, as the case may be,
thinks fit.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 6.
Equivalents
6. (1) Where a provision of these Regulations requires a particular fitting,
material, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, to be fitted or carried in
a ship or a particular provision to be made in a ship, the Minister may allow
any other fitting, material, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, to be
fitted or carried, or any other provision to be made, if he is satisfied that
the other fitting, material, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, or
provision, is at least as effective as that required by that provision of
these Regulations.
(2) The reference in the last preceding sub-regulation to a fitting,
material, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, or provision to be made in
a ship shall not be read as including a reference to a fitting, material,
appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, or provision to be made in a ship, in
respect of which the Minister may exercise the powers conferred by sub-section
(2) of section 191A of the Act.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 7.
Provision of radiotelegraphy installation
PART II-GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sub-reg. (1) amended by 1978 No. 124 r. 2
7. (1) Subject to these Regulations-
(a) a Class I ship;
(b) a Class II (a) ship;
(c) a Class II (b) ship; or
(d) a Class III (a) ship that is not a radiotelephone ship,
shall be equipped with a radiotelegraphy installation.
(2) A radiotelegraphy installation that is installed in a ship in pursuance
of this regulation shall comply with the First Schedule.
(3) The main and reserve radiotelegraphy transmitters in a Class III (a)
ship may be combined in a single instrument if that instrument complies with
the requirements of the First Schedule in relation to those transmitters.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 8.
Provision of radiotelephony installation
8. (1) Subject to these Regulations-
(a) a Class III (a) ship that is not a radiotelegraph ship; or
(b) a Class III (b) ship,
shall be equipped with a main radiotelephony installation and a reserve
radiotelephony installation.
(2) Subject to these Regulations, a Class IV (a) ship, a Class IV (b) ship
or a Class V ship shall be equipped with a radiotelephony installation (in
these Regulations referred to as a main radiotelephony installation).
(3) A main radiotelephony installation installed in a ship in pursuance of
this regulation shall comply with Part 1 of the Second Schedule.
(4) A reserve radiotelephony installation installed in a ship in pursuance
of this regulation shall comply with Part 2 of the Second Schedule.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 9.
Climatic and durability tests
9. (1) Equipment that forms part of a radio installation with which a ship
is equipped in pursuance of these Regulations, or is included in
radiotelegraphy equipment carried on a ship in pursuance of the Navigation
(Life-saving Appliances) Regulations shall be such that-
(a) when undergoing the vibration, dry heat and low temperature tests in
accordance with the Third Schedule;
(b) when subject to the damp heat test in accordance with that Schedule;
and
(c) immediately after undergoing, in accordance with that Schedule, such
other tests specified in that Schedule as are applicable to the equipment,
it complies with the requirements of these Regulations and is free from
mechanical defects.
(2) Equipment referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation that is
intended for use in the open or in an open boat shall be such that, after
undergoing the mould growth test specified in the Third Schedule, mould growth
is not present on it.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 10.
Interference, &c.
10. A radio installation with which a ship is equipped in pursuance of these
Regulations shall be installed in such a position and manner, and other
electrical apparatus on the ship shall be fitted with such devices, that the
effective reception of radio signals by the radio installation is not hindered
while the ship is at sea by interference caused by electrical or other
apparatus on the ship.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 11.
Maintenance of radio installation
11. A radio installation with which a ship is equipped in pursuance of these
Regulations shall be so maintained that it is, at all times while the ship is
at sea, capable of effectively transmitting and receiving radio signals.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 12.
High voltage parts
12. (1) This regulation applies to parts and wiring of equipment with which
a ship is equipped in pursuance of these Regulations that at any time are at
an instantaneous voltage (other than radio-frequency voltage) exceeding fifty
volts.
(2) Parts and wiring to which this regulation applies-
(a) shall be protected from accidental access; and
(b) shall, subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, be so arranged
that, if the means of protection are removed from any part or wiring, the part
or wiring is isolated automatically from all sources of electrical energy.
(3) Paragraph (b) of the last preceding sub-regulation does not apply in
relation to-
(a) a generator or a converter; or
(b) any other equipment (other than equipment specified in the Fourth
Schedule) that is not at any time at an instantaneous voltage (other than
radio-frequency voltage) exceeding two hundred and fifty volts.
(4) Capacitors in a transmitter to which this regulation applies shall be
capable of being discharged.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 13.
Batteries
13. (1) Batteries provided as a source of electrical energy for any
equipment with which a ship is equipped in pursuance of these Regulations
shall, as far as practicable, be so placed as to secure the greatest degree of
safety and protection.
(2) Means shall be provided for the charging from the ship's main source of
electrical energy of batteries referred to in the last preceding
sub-regulation.
(3) In the case of a new installation with which a ship is equipped in
pursuance of these Regulations, if the means of charging the batteries is a
rotary converter an alternative means of charging the batteries shall be
provided.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 14.
Exemption of certain ships from requirements to keep a radio log-book
14. A Class III (a) ship, being a radiotelephone ship, a Class III (b) ship,
a Class IV (a) ship, a Class IV (b) ship or a Class V ship that-
(a) is required to keep an official log-book under section 171 of the Act;
and
(b) is not engaged on an international voyage,
is exempted from the requirements of paragraph (a) of section 231E of the Act.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 15.
Radio log-book
15. (1) The radio log-book required by section 231E of the Act to be kept
shall be in accordance with the form set out in the Sixth Schedule.
(2) The master of a ship equipped with a radio installation shall-
(a) cause the radio log-book of the ship to be kept in the room or place
from which the radio installation is operated; and
(b) upon request by a radio surveyor, cause the radio log-book to be made
available for inspection by the radio surveyor.
(3) The master of a ship equipped with a radio installation and, if the ship
carries more than one radio officer as part of her crew, the first radio
officer shall inspect and sign the radio log-book once each day.
(4) On the expiration of the articles of agreement of a ship equipped with a
radio installation, the master of the ship shall cause the radio log-book to
be delivered to the superintendent at the port at which the articles expire.
Penalty: One hundred dollars.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 16.
Electrical independence of main and emergency equipment
PART III-RADIOTELEGRAPH SHIPS
16. Subject to sub-regulation (3) of regulation 7 of these Regulations, the
main and reserve radiotelegraphy equipment provided on a radiotelegraph ship
shall be electrically independent of each other.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 17.
Radiotelegraph room
17. (1) The radiotelegraphy installation on a radiotelegraph ship shall be
installed in the radiotelegraph room.
(2) The radiotelegraph room shall-
(a) be situated as high as practicable in the ship and in such a position
that there will be no interference by extraneous noises or otherwise with the
effective reception of radio signals; and
(b) be of sufficient size and sufficiently ventilated to enable the
radiotelegraphy installation to be operated efficiently.
(3) The radiotelegraphy installation in the radiotelegraph room shall be
installed in such a manner that it-
(a) is protected against disturbance of its effectiveness by water or by
extremes of temperature;
(b) does not affect the ship's compass; and
(c) is, at all times when the ship is at sea, readily accessible both for
immediate use and for repair.
(4) The sleeping accommodation of at least one radio officer shall be
situated as near as practicable to the radiotelegraph room and in new ships
that accommodation shall not be within the radiotelegraph room.
(5) The radiotelegraph room shall be provided with-
(a) an efficient two-way means of calling and voice communication with the
bridge and any other place from which the ship is normally navigated, the
method of communication being-
(i) by a voicepipe or a telephone, or by other means that, in the
opinion of a radio surveyor, is equally efficient; and
(ii) independent of the main communication system of the ship and of the
ship's main source of electrical energy;
(b) a reliable clock equipped with a dial not less than five inches in
diameter that is marked to indicate the silence periods and a centre
second-hand, being a clock securely mounted in such a position that the entire
dial can be easily and accurately observed from the operating position and, if
the ship is provided with an auto-alarm, from the position normally occupied
by a person testing the auto-alarm;
(c) an electric lamp-
(i) operated from the source of electrical energy referred to in
sub-regulation (5) of regulation 20 of these Regulations;
(ii) permanently arranged so as to be capable of providing adequate
illumination of the operating controls of the main and reserve radiotelegraphy
installations and of the clock referred to in the last preceding paragraph;
and
(iii) controlled by two-way switches placed respectively near the
entrance to the room or place from which the installation is operated and at
the operating position and clearly labelled to indicate their purpose;
(d) if the electric lamp referred to in the last preceding paragraph does
not provide adequate illumination of the operating controls of the switchboard
referred to in sub-regulation (5) of regulation 20 of these Regulations, an
electric lamp capable of providing such illumination and operated from the
source of electrical energy referred to in that sub-regulation;
(e) an additional electric lamp for use as an inspection lamp operated from
the source of electrical energy referred to in sub-regulation (5) of
regulation 20 of these Regulations and provided with a flexible lead of
sufficient length to enable all parts of the radiotelegraphy installation to
be illuminated; and
(f) a chair capable of being fixed at the operating position.
(6) A complete list of equipment and spare parts carried on board a ship for
the maintenance of the radiotelegraphy installation, being a list indicating
where the equipment and spare parts are kept, shall be provided in the
radiotelegraph room.
(7) A calibration table or calibration curve for each transmitter and
receiver forming part of the radiotelegraphy installation on a ship shall,
unless the transmitter or receiver, as the case may be, is directly
calibrated, be provided in the radiotelegraph room.
(8) In the case of a new installation, a complete diagram of the
installation as wired shall be provided in the radiotelegraph room.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 18.
Aerials
18. (1) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, a radiotelegraphy
ship-
(a) shall be fitted with a main aerial and a reserve aerial, each of which
shall be properly erected; and
(b) shall be provided with sufficient parts and other equipment to replace
the main aerial.
(2) The Minister may exempt a ship from the requirement that it be fitted
with a reserve aerial if he is satisfied that the fitting of such an aerial
is, in all the circumstances, impracticable or unreasonable.
(3) Where a ship is exempted under the last preceding sub-regulation, the
spare aerial required to be carried on the ship under sub-regulation (1) of
this regulation shall-
(a) in the case of a supported wire aerial-be in a completely assembled
state and ready for rapid erection while the ship is at sea; or
(b) in any other case-be ready for rapid erection while the ship is at sea.
(4) Except in the case of a Class III ship, each of the halyards used for
supporting the main aerial shall be fitted with a safety loop between the
masthead or other aerial support and an aerial insulator.
(5) The safety loop shall consist of a part of the halyard not less than
three feet in length, the loop being closed by a link not more than one foot
three inches in length with a breaking load not exceeding one-third of the
breaking load of the aerial or the halyard, whichever is the less.
(6) The lead-in insulators for the main and reserve aerials through which
the transmitters are connected to the base of the aerials shall be protected
against the effects of sea spray by the use of metallic tubes or shields.
(7) A rigging plan of the aerials showing-
(a) elevation and plan views of the aerials;
(b) the measurements of the aerials in feet and inches; and
(c) the height of the aerials in metres measured in the manner specified in
sub-regulation (3) of the next succeeding regulation,
shall be provided in the radiotelegraph room.
(8) The main aerial and the reserve aerial (if any) shall, where
practicable, be so rigged that damage to one will not affect the efficiency of
the other.
(9) The main aerial and the reserve aerial (if any) shall each be capable of
being connected, as circumstances require, to-
(a) the main transmitter;
(b) the main receiver;
(c) the reserve transmitter;
(d) the reserve receiver; and
(e) the auto-alarm.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 19.
Range of transmitters
19. (1) The normal ranges of the radiotelegraphy transmitters with which a
ship is equipped in pursuance of these Regulations shall-
(a) in the case of a Class I ship, a Class II (a) ship or a Class II (b)
ship-be not less than one hundred and fifty miles for the main transmitter and
not less than one hundred miles for the reserve transmitter; and
(b) in any other case-be not less than one hundred miles for the main
transmitter and not less than seventy-five miles for the reserve transmitter.
(2) The normal range of a radiotelegraphy transmitter for the purposes of
these Regulations shall be determined either by reckoning or by test, at the
option of the owner of the ship.
(3) The normal range of a radiotelegraphy transmitter determined by
reckoning shall be ascertained-
(a) by calculating the product of the root mean square current in amperes at
the base of the main aerial and the maximum height in metres of the aerial
measured from the load line mark indicating the greatest depth to which the
ship may at any time or place be submerged in accordance with the Navigation
(Load Lines) Regulations or, if there is no such mark on the ship, from the
mean level of the surface of the water in which the ship is afloat; and
(b) by determining the range, having regard to that product, in accordance
with the following table:
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Product Range in miles
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Not less than 76 . . . . . . . . . Not less than 150 Less than
76 but not less than 45 . Less than 150 but not less than 100
Less than 45 but not less than 34 . Less than 100 but not less than 75
Less than 34 but not less than 10 . Less than 75 but not less than 25
---------------------------------------------------------------------- (4) For
the purposes of the last preceding sub-regulation, transmission shall be
conducted on the frequency of five hundred kilocycles per second using signals
of type A2.
(5) The normal range of a radiotelegraphy transmitter determined by test is
the distance to which signals of type A2 can be transmitted by the transmitter
over the sea by day under normal conditions on the frequency of five hundred
kilocycles per second so as to set up at the receiver a total root mean square
field strength of not less than fifty microvolts per metre.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 20.
Supply of electrical energy
20. (1) There shall be available in a radiotelegraph ship a supply of
electrical energy from the ship's main source of electrical energy sufficient
for the operation of the main radiotelegraphy equipment in accordance with
these Regulations and for charging batteries that are a source of electrical
energy for the radiotelegraphy installation.
(2) The rated voltage of the supply of electrical energy for the main
equipment shall be maintained within a tolerance of plus or minus ten per
centum.
(3) Where the supply of electrical energy is a direct current supply, it
shall be of correct polarity.
(4) In a Class III (a) ship not engaged on an international voyage, the
supply of electrical energy may be derived from a battery or a set of
batteries, but, except in the case of a single battery on float charge where
provision is made to the satisfaction of a radio surveyor to protect the
equipment from the application of excessive voltage, a duplicate battery or
set of batteries shall also be provided.
(5) There shall be available in a radiotelegraph ship a source of electrical
energy for the operation of the reserve radiotelegraphy equipment that is
independent of the propelling power of the ship and of the rest of the ship's
electrical installation and is capable of being brought into immediate
operation by means of a switchboard situated in, or readily accessible from,
the radiotelegraph room.
(6) A source of electrical energy provided in a ship in compliance with the
last preceding sub-regulation shall be of such capacity, and shall be so
maintained at all times when the ship is at sea, as to be capable of supplying
continuously for a period of six hours (whether or not it is in use for any
other purpose) a total current equal to the sum of-
(a) one half of the current required to operate the reserve transmitter
with the key down;
(b) one half of the current required to operate the reserve transmitter
with the key up;
(c) the current required to operate the reserve receiver; and
(d) the current consumed by the equipment referred to in paragraphs (b),
(c), (d), (e) and (f) of the next succeeding regulation.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 21.
Reserve source of electrical energy not to be used except for certain
purposes
21. The master of a radiotelegraph ship shall not use, or permit to be used,
the source of electrical energy provided on the ship in pursuance of
sub-regulation (5) of the last preceding regulation, except for the operation
of-
(a) a transmitter or receiver;
(b) the lamps referred to in paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of sub-regulation
(5) of regulation 17 of these Regulations;
(c) the automatic keying device;
(d) an auto-alarm;
(e) a direction-finder; or
(f) the device referred to in sub-item (4) of item 13 of the First
Schedule.
Penalty: Two hundred dollars.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 22.
Supply of electrical energy for testing
22. The master of a radiotelegraph ship shall cause a sufficient supply of
electrical energy for testing the radiotelegraphy installation on the ship to
be available at all reasonable times while the ship is in port.
Penalty: Two hundred dollars.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 23.
Documents to be carried on radiotelegraph ships on international voyages
23. There shall be carried on board a radiotelegraph ship engaged on an
international voyage-
(a) the ship's radio log-book;
(b) a copy of the latest edition of each of the following documents
published by the International Telecommunication Union, Geneva:
(i) Alphabetical List of Call Signs of Stations used by the Maritime
Mobile Service;
(ii) List of Coast Stations;
(iii) List of Ship Stations;
(iv) List of Radiodetermination and Special Service Stations; and
(v) Manual for use by the Mobile Services;
(c) a copy of the latest edition of the Handbook for Radio Operators in the
Maritime Mobile Service published by the Postmaster-General's Department; and
(d) a copy of these Regulations.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 24.
Documents to be carried on board radiotelegraph ships on voyages other than
international voyages
Amended by 1973 No. 121 r. 2
24. There shall be carried on board a radiotelegraph ship not engaged on an
international voyage-
(a) the ship's radio log-book;
(b) a copy of the latest edition of each of the following documents
published by the International Telecommunication Union, Geneva:
(i) Alphabetical List of Call Signs of Stations used by the Maritime
Mobile Service;
(ii) List of Ship Stations;
(iii) Manual for use by the Mobile Services;
(c) a copy of the latest edition of the Handbook for Radio Operators in the
Marine Mobile Service published by the Postmaster-General's Department; and
(d) a copy of these Regulations.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 25.
Radio Officers
25. (1) A radiotelegraph ship, not being a ship equipped with an auto-alarm,
shall carry, as part of her crew-
(a) in the case of a Class I ship-three radio officers;
(b) in any other case-two radio officers if the ship is to be at sea for
not more than forty-eight hours between consecutive ports, and three radio
officers if the ship is to be at sea for more than forty-eight hours between
consecutive ports.
(2) A radiotelegraph ship equipped with an auto-alarm shall carry, as part
of her crew-
(a) in the case of a Class I ship engaged on an international voyage-two
radio officers; and
(b) in any other case-one radio officer.
(3) Where a radiotelegraph ship (other than a Class III (a) ship) is
registered in Australia or engaged in the coasting trade-
(a) one radio officer carried as part of the crew shall have had experience
at sea in the operation of radiotelegraphy installations for a total of not
less than-
(i) in the case of a Class I ship-two years;
(ii) in the case of a Class II (a) ship-one year; or
(iii) in the case of a Class II (b) ship-three months; and
(b) in the case of a passenger ship-one radio officer (whether the officer
referred to in the last preceding paragraph or another radio officer) carried
as part of the crew shall be the holder of a valid First Class Commercial
Operator's Certificate of Proficiency issued and in force under the Wireless
Telegraphy Regulations or a valid certificate issued and in force under a law
of a Commonwealth country and included in a class of certificates declared
under paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1) of regulation 47 of these
Regulations to be the equivalent of a First Class Commercial Operator's
Certificate of Proficiency.
(4) For the purposes of this regulation, a ship equipped with an auto-alarm
that is not operating effectively shall be deemed not to be equipped with an
auto-alarm.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 26.
Radio watch
Sub-reg. (1) amended by 1978 No. 122 r. 2
26. (1) Subject to the next succeeding regulation, radio watch shall be
maintained on a radiotelegraph ship by a radio officer while the ship is at
sea, as follows:
(a) if the ship is not equipped with an auto-alarm-a continuous watch;
(b) if the ship is equipped with an auto-alarm and is a Class I ship
engaged on an international voyage-a radio watch of 16 hours on each day at
the times specified in Part A of the Seventh Schedule; or
(c) in any other case-a radio watch of 8 hours on each day at the times
specified in Part B of that Schedule.
Amended by 1978 No. 122 r. 2
(2) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, an auto-alarm provided on
board a radiotelegraph ship shall be kept in operation at all times at which a
radio watch is not being maintained under paragraph (b) or (c) of
sub-regulation (1) unless-
(a) the auto-alarm has broken down since the ship last put to sea; and
(b) it is impracticable to repair it at sea so as to operate effectively.
(3) The auto-alarm may be taken out of operation when radio bearings are
being determined by means of the direction-finder if-
(a) the aerial of the radiotelegraph auto-alarm equipment would, if the
auto-alarm were in operation, affect the accuracy of radio bearings obtained
by means of the direction-finder; and
(b) it is impracticable to erect the aerial in another position in which it
would not affect the accuracy of those bearings.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 27.
Manner of keeping radio watch
27. (1) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, radio watch on a
radiotelegraph ship shall be maintained by a radio officer by means of
headphone reception in the radiotelegraph room.
(2) Radio watch may be maintained by means of loudspeaker reception (or, if
that is impracticable, may be dispensed with, except during the silence
periods) for such periods as may be necessary to enable the radio officer on
duty in the radiotelegraph room, without leaving that room, to perform other
duties in compliance with these Regulations or to engage in communication on
other frequencies in connexion with the business of the ship.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 28.
Tests
28. (1) A radio officer on a radiotelegraph ship equipped with an auto-alarm
shall, when radio watch ceases to be maintained during or at the end of his
period of duty, connect the auto-alarm with the ship's main aerial or with any
other efficient aerial, and shall put the auto-alarm into operation.
(2) A radio officer who, under the last preceding sub-regulation, is
required to put an auto-alarm into operation shall, before going off duty-
(a) test the efficiency of the auto-alarm; and
(b) immediately report the result of the test to the master of the ship or
to the officer in charge of the navigation of the ship at that time.
(3) A radio officer shall, if an auto-alarm is connected to an aerial when
he goes on duty, immediately test the efficiency of the auto-alarm before
making any adjustment to it.
(4) While a radiotelegraph ship is at sea, the radio officer or, if the ship
carries as part of her crew more than one radio officer, the first radio
officer shall-
(a) where a reserve transmitter is employed, test it at least once on each
day connected with an artificial aerial that complies with the requirements
specified in item 48 of the First Schedule;
(b) if the ship carries a reserve aerial, test the reserve radiotelegraphy
transmitter connected with that aerial at least once during each voyage;
(c) test, at least once on each day by voltmeter and once during each month
by hydrometer, batteries that are a source of energy for the radiotelegraphy
installation, the batteries being placed on normal load during voltage tests;
(d) test any other sources of electrical energy provided for the reserve
radiotelegraphy equipment at least once on each day;
(e) test the audible alarm circuits and the bells forming part of the
auto-alarm installation at least once on each day; and
(f) if the ship is equipped with an auto-alarm, check, once each week, the
functioning of the auto-alarm receiver by listening to signals received on it
and comparing them with similar signals received on the radiotelegraph
distress frequency on the main receiver, each receiver being connected to its
normal aerial.
Penalty: One hundred dollars.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 29.
Charging of batteries
29. All batteries that are a source of electrical energy for any part of the
radiotelegraphy installation on a radiotelegraph ship and are found not to be
fully charged shall be fully charged as soon as practicable.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 30.
Restriction of use of reserve transmitter
30. (1) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, the transmitter
forming part of the reserve radiotelegraphy equipment on a ship shall not be
used to transmit messages, other than urgent messages relating to preservation
of life at sea, unless the transmitter complies with the requirements
specified in items 5, 8, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of the First Schedule.
(2) The last preceding sub-regulation does not apply if the main transmitter
has broken down and cannot be repaired while the ship is at sea.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 31.
Entries in radio log-book
31. (1) The following entries shall be made in the radio log-book of a
radiotelegraph ship:
(a) the name of each radio officer who goes on duty and the times at which
he goes on and off duty;
(b) the identifying number of each message transmitted or received,
together with the time and date of its transmission or reception, the station
to which each message is transmitted and the station from which each message
is received; and
(c) details of incidents occurring that relate to the radiotelegraphy
installation or the operation of that installation and which appear to the
radio officer on duty to be of importance to the safety of life at sea and, in
particular-
(i) the full text of all messages transmitted or received that relate
to immediate assistance required by persons in distress at sea or above the
sea;
(ii) the full text of all messages transmitted, and, except where the
master otherwise directs, the full text of all messages received, that are
preceded by a signal in general international use as an urgency signal or a
safety signal;
(iii) a record of the radio watch maintained during each of the silence
periods;
(iv) a record of the occurrence of any incident that affects the
efficiency of the radiotelegraphy installation;
(v) a record of the tests conducted in accordance with sub-regulations
(2), (3) and (4) of regulation 28 of these Regulations and of the results of
those tests;
(vi) a record of the charging of batteries used as a source of energy
for the radiotelegraphy installation; and
(vii) if the ship is equipped with an auto-alarm, details of any failure
or repair of the auto-alarm.
(2) An entry shall be made in the radio log-book of a radiotelegraph ship at
least once each day recording the time shown by the clock in the
radiotelegraph room in comparison with Greenwich Mean Time and any correction
made in respect of that clock.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 32.
Posting of ship's position
32. The master of a radiotelegraph ship shall cause the position, and the
true course and speed, of the ship to be posted every four hours in the
radiotelegraph room.
Penalty: One hundred dollars.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 33.
Specifications for fixed installation
PART IV-RADIOTELEGRAPHY EQUIPMENT IN OR FOR LIFEBOATS AND LIFERAFTS
33. (1) The radiotelegraphy installation required by the Navigation
(Life-saving Appliances) Regulations to be fitted in a lifeboat shall comply
with the requirements of Part 1 of the Fourth Schedule.
(2) The master of the ship in which the lifeboat is carried shall not use
the battery included in the radiotelegraphy installation of the lifeboat, or
permit it to be used, except for the operation of the installation or of the
searchlight provided in the lifeboat.
Penalty: One hundred dollars.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 34.
Portable equipment
34. Portable radiotelegraphy equipment required by the Navigation
(Life-saving Appliances) Regulations to be carried in a ship for use in a
lifeboat or a liferaft in the event of an emergency shall comply with the
requirements of Part 2 of the Fourth Schedule.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 35.
Tests
35. (1) When a ship is provided with a lifeboat equipped with a
radiotelegraphy installation in compliance with the Navigation (Life-saving
Appliances) Regulations or portable radiotelegraphy equipment is carried on
the ship in compliance with those Regulations, the radio officer, or if the
ship carries as part of her crew more than one radio officer, the first radio
officer or, if the ship does not carry a radio officer as part of her crew,
the wireless signaller, shall, at intervals not exceeding seven days while the
ship is at sea-
(a) cause the transmitter forming part of the installation or equipment to
be tested with its artificial aerial; and
(b) cause any batteries, other than self-priming batteries, that are a
source of electrical energy for the installation or equipment to be tested by
voltmeter, with the batteries on normal load, and by hydrometer and, if found
not to be fully-charged, to be fully charged as soon as practicable.
Penalty: One hundred dollars.
(2) The results of the tests referred to in the last preceding
sub-regulation shall be entered in the radio log-book of the ship or, if the
ship is exempted under regulation 14 of these Regulations from the requirement
to keep a radio log-book, in the official log-book of the ship.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 36.
Aerial
PART V-RADIOTELEPHONE SHIPS
36. (1) A radiotelephone ship shall be fitted with a properly erected aerial
and, in addition, shall carry a spare aerial completely assembled for
immediate erection.
(2) A rigging plan of the fitted aerial showing-
(a) elevation and plan views of the aerial;
(b) the measurements of the aerial in feet and inches; and
(c) the maximum height of the aerial in metres measured from the lead-out
insulator,
shall be provided and kept in an accessible place on the ship.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 37.
Range
37. (1) The normal range of a radiotelephony transmitter with which a ship
is equipped in pursuance of these Regulations shall be not less than-
(a) in the case of a ship other than a Class V ship-one hundred and fifty
miles; or
(b) in the case of a Class V ship-seventy-five miles.
(2) The normal range of a radiotelephony transmitter for the purposes of
these Regulations shall be determined either by reckoning or by test, at the
option of the owner of the ship.
(3) The normal range of a radiotelephony transmitter determined by reckoning
shall be ascertained by calculating the product of the root mean square
current in amperes at the base of the aerial on the radio-telephony distress
frequency and the maximum height in metres of the aerial measured from the
lead-out insulator.
(4) A transmitter shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of this
regulation if the product so ascertained is not less than-
(a) in the case of a ship other than a Class V ship-
(i) 7.5 metre-amperes, where the aerial has a horizontal top-length of
not less than one half of its maximum height measured from the lead-out
insulator; or
(ii) 12.8 metre-amperes, in any other case; or
(b) in the case of a Class V ship-
(i) 4 metre-amperes, where the aerial has a horizontal top-length of
not less than one half of its maximum height measured from the lead-out
insulator; or
(ii) 6.5 metre-amperes, in any other case.
(5) The normal range of a radiotelephony transmitter when determined by test
is the distance to which signals can be transmitted over the sea by day under
normal conditions on the radiotelephony distress frequency so as to set up at
the receiver by the unmodulated carrier a total root mean square field
strength of not less than twenty-five microvolts per metre.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 38.
Source of electrical energy
38. (1) There shall be available in a radiotelephone ship-
(a) a source of electrical energy capable of operating the main
radiotelephony installation in the ship;
(b) in the case of a Class III (a) ship or a Class III (b) ship-a source of
electrical energy (in this regulation referred to as a "reserve source of
electrical energy ") located in the upper part of the ship and capable of
operating the reserve radiotelephony installation in the ship without the use
of ancillary equipment; and
(c) in the case of a Class IV (a) ship, a Class IV (b) ship or a Class V
ship-
(i) a source of electrical energy (in this regulation referred to as a
"reserve source of electrical energy ") located in the upper part of the ship
and capable of operating the main radiotelephony installation in the ship;
and
(ii) if the source of electrical energy referred to in the last preceding
sub-paragraph is not capable of operating the main radiotelephony installation
without the use of ancillary equipment, the ancillary equipment required,
together with a reserve of such ancillary equipment, so connected as to be
capable of being put into immediate operation.
(2) Paragraph (b) or (c) of the last preceding sub-regulation does not apply
in relation to a ship if-
(a) the source of electrical energy provided in the ship in compliance with
paragraph (a) of that sub-regulation is a single battery or set of batteries
on floating charge that complies with the requirements of sub-regulation (4)
of this regulation with respect to a reserve source of electrical energy and-
(i) in the case of a Class III (a) ship or a Class III ( b) ship-the
requirements of paragraph (b) of that sub-regulation; or
(ii) in the case of a Class IV (a) ship, a Class IV (b) ship or a Class
V ship-the requirements of paragraph (c) of that sub-regulation; and
(b) provision is made to the satisfaction of a radio surveyor to protect
the radio equipment from the application of excessive voltage.
(3) Sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (1) of this
regulation does not apply in relation to a ship if-
(a) the ship is equipped with a reserve radiotelephony installation that
complies with Part 2 of the Second Schedule; and
(b) there is available on the ship a source of electrical energy located in
the upper part of the ship and capable of operating that installation without
the use of ancillary equipment.
(4) A reserve source of electrical energy-
(a) shall be independent of the propelling power of the ship and of the
rest of the ship's electrical installation;
(b) shall be capable of being brought into immediate operation by means of
a switchboard readily accessible from the operating position of the
radiotelephony installation; and
(c) shall be provided only for the operation of the following equipment:
(i) the radiotelephony installation (including a radiotelephone alarm
signal generating device);
(ii) the electric lamp referred to in paragraph (d) of regulation 41 of
these Regulations;
(iii) a direction-finder; and
(iv) low power emergency circuits that are wholly confined to the upper
part of the ship.
(5) The master of a ship in which a reserve source of electrical energy or a
source of electrical energy referred to in sub-regulation (2) of this
regulation is provided shall not use, or permit the use of, that source for
any purpose other than the operation of equipment specified in paragraph (c)
of the last preceding sub-regulation.
Penalty: Two hundred dollars.
(6) Each source of electrical energy provided in a ship in compliance with
this regulation for the operation of a radiotelephony installation shall be of
such capacity, and shall be so maintained at all times when the ship is at
sea, as to be able to supply continuously for a period of six hours a total
current equal to the sum of-
(a) one-half of the current required to operate the radiotelephony
transmitter of the installation for the transmission of speech;
(b) the current required to operate the radiotelephony receiver of the
installation;
(c) the current consumed by the electric lamp referred to in paragraph (d)
of regulation 41 of these Regulations;
(d) one-quarter of the current required to operate the radiotelephone alarm
signal generating device; and
(e) the current required to operate the direction-finder and low power
emergency circuits referred to in sub-paragraphs (iii) and (iv) of paragraph
(c) of sub-regulation (4) of this regulation.
(7) When the batteries for the radiotelephony transmitter of the main
radiotelephony installation or of a reserve radiotelephony installation are
not in use, each battery shall be capable of being fully charged within a
period of not more than sixteen hours by the means of charging referred to in
regulation 13 of these Regulations.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 39.
Electrical energy for testing
39. The master of a radiotelephone ship shall cause a sufficient supply of
electrical energy for testing the radiotelephony installation, and for
charging batteries that are a source of electrical energy for the
radiotelephony installation, in the ship to be available at all reasonable
times when the ship is in port.
Penalty: Two hundred dollars.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 40.
Documents to be carried on radiotelephone ships
40. (1) There shall be carried on board a radiotelephone ship engaged on an
international voyage-
(a) the ship's radio log-book;
(b) a copy of the latest edition of each of the following documents
published by the International Telecommunication Union, Geneva:
(i) List of Coast Stations; and
(ii) Manual for use by the Mobile Services;
(c) a copy of the latest edition of the Handbook for Radio Operators in the
Maritime Mobile Service published by the Postmaster-General's Department; and
(d) a copy of these Regulations.
(2) There shall be carried on board a radiotelephone ship not engaged on an
international voyage the documents specified in sub-paragraph (ii) of
paragraph (b), and paragraphs (c) and (d), of the last preceding
sub-regulation.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 41.
Miscellaneous requirements
41. In a radiotelephone ship-
(a) the radiotelephony installation shall be installated in a position
approved by a radio surveyor having regard to the need to install the
installation-
(i) as high as practicable in the ship;
(ii) in such a position that the installation is subject to the least
interference by extraneous noises or otherwise with the effective reception of
radio signals; and
(iii) in such a position that the installation does not affect the
ship's compass;
(b) an efficient two-way means of communication shall be provided between
the place of installation and the place from which the ship is normally
navigated;
(c) a reliable clock shall be securely mounted within the view of a person
at the operating position of the installation;
(d) an electric lamp shall be provided and shall-
(i) be operated from the reserve source of electrical energy referred
to in regulation 38 of these Regulations or a source of electrical energy
referred to in sub-regulation (2) of that regulation;
(ii) be permanently arranged so as to be capable of providing adequate
illumination of-
(A) the operating controls of the installation;
(B) the clock referred to in the last preceding paragraph; and
(C) the card of instructions referred to in paragraph (e) of this
regulation; and
(iii) be controlled by two-way switches placed respectively near the
entrance to the room or place from which the installation is operated and at
the operating position and clearly labelled to indicate their purpose;
(e) a card of instructions giving a clear summary of the radiotelephone
procedure shall be displayed in full view of the radiotelephone operating
position; and
(f) if the radiotelephony installation is not installed in the place from
which the ship is normally navigated, there shall be provided at the
loudspeaker referred to in regulation 43 of these Regulations a manual gain
control that, when adjusted to the minimum position, permits an output from
the loudspeaker of sufficient volume for the maintenance of an effective
listening watch.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 42.
Provision of radiotelephone operators
42. A radiotelephone ship shall carry, as part of her crew, at least one
wireless signaller or radio officer.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 43.
Radio watch by radiotelephone
43. (1) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, a continuous radio
watch shall be maintained on a radiotelephone ship on each day while the ship
is at sea by means of loudspeaker reception at the place from which the ship
is normally navigated.
(2) The radio watch may be discontinued-
(a) at any time, other than during silence periods, when the radiotelephone
installation is being used on another frequency for communication in connexion
with the business of the ship; or
(b) the circumstances are such that maintenance of the radio watch would
interfere with the safe navigation of the ship.
(3) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, communication with coast
radio stations shall be conducted by a radio officer or wireless signaller.
(4) Where the circumstances make it impracticable for such communication to
be conducted by a radio officer or wireless signaller, the communication may
be conducted by another person.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 44.
Tests
44. (1) While a radiotelephone ship is at sea, the radio officer or, if the
ship does not carry a radio officer as part of her crew, the wireless
signaller shall test batteries which are a source of electrical energy for the
radiotelephony installation by voltmeter at least once each week and by
hydrometer at least once each month, the batteries being placed on normal load
during voltage tests.
(2) The radio officer or wireless signaller, as the case may be, shall test
the main radiotelephony installation and the reserve radiotelephony
installation, if any, once during the passage of the ship between each port at
which the ship calls by communicating with a coast station.
Penalty: One hundred dollars.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 45.
Charging of batteries
45. Batteries, being a source of electrical energy for any part of the
radiotelephony installation on a radiotelephone ship, that are found not to be
fully charged shall be fully charged as soon as practicable.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 46.
Entries to be made in official log-book
46. There shall be entered in the official log-book of a radiotele-phone
ship-
(a) particulars of the test referred to in sub-regulation (2) of regulation
44 of these Regulations;
(b) particulars of all distress messages transmitted or received; and
(c) the time at which listening watch is discontinued in accordance with
the provisions of sub-regulation (2) of regulation 43 of these Regulations
together with the reason for the discontinuance and the time at which watch is
resumed.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 47.
Radio officers
PART VI-QUALIFICATIONS OF RADIO OFFICERS AND WIRELESS SIGNALLERS
47. (1) A person is not entitled to be a radio officer on a ship registered
in Australia or engaged in the coasting trade unless he holds-
(a) a valid First Class Commercial Operator's Certificate of Proficiency,
or a valid Second Class Commercial Operator's Certificate of Proficiency,
issued and in force under the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations; or
(b) a valid certificate issued and in force under a law of a Commonwealth
country, being a certificate included in a class of certificates declared in
writing by the Postmaster-General or by an officer authorized by the
Postmaster-General to make declarations under this paragraph to be the
equivalent of a First Class Commercial Operator's Certificate of Proficiency,
or of a Second Class Commercial Operator's Certificate of Proficiency, issued
under the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations.
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, if-
(a) at the date of his intended engagement, the periods of experience at
sea in the operation of radio installations of the holder of a certificate
referred to in sub-regulation (1) of this regulation during the period of two
years immediately preceding that date do not amount in the aggregate to three
months; and
(b) the certificate was granted more than two years before that date,
the certificate shall be deemed not to be valid unless the holder satisfies
the Postmaster-General, by re-examination or otherwise, that he still
possesses the qualifications described in the certificate.
(3) A person employed as a radio officer on a ship registered in Australia
or engaged in the coasting trade shall, upon the request of a radio surveyor,
produce his certificate of proficiency for inspection.
Penalty: One hundred dollars.
(4) A person is not qualified to be a radio officer on a ship not registered
in Australia or engaged in the coasting trade unless he holds a certificate of
proficiency or competence in wireless telegraphy issued and in force under a
law of the country in which the ship is registered.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 48.
Wireless signallers
48. (1) A person is not qualified to be a wireless signaller on a ship
registered in Australia or engaged in the coasting trade unless he holds a
valid Third Class Commercial Operator's Certificate of Proficiency with
respect to radio equipment of the type or types installed in the ship issued
and in force under the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations.
(2) For the purposes of the last preceding sub-regulation, if-
(a) at the date of his intended engagement, the periods of experience at
sea in the operation of radio installations of the holder of a certificate
referred to in that sub-regulation during the period of two years immediately
preceding that date do not amount in the aggregate to three months; and
(b) the certificate was granted more than two years before that date,
the certificate shall be deemed not to be valid unless the holder satisfies
the Postmaster-General, by re-examination or otherwise, that he still
possesses the qualifications described in the certificate.
(3) A person employed as a wireless signaller on a ship registered in
Australia or engaged in the coasting trade shall, upon the request of a radio
surveyor, produce his certificate of proficiency for inspection.
Penalty: One hundred dollars.
(4) For the purposes of these Regulations, a person is not qualified to be a
wireless signaller on a ship not registered in Australia or engaged in the
coasting trade unless he holds a certificate of proficiency or competence in
wireless telephony issued and in force under a law of the country in which the
ship is registered.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 49.
Radiotelegraphy equipment installed before 1 July 1960
PART VII-TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
49. These Regulations do not require a ship equipped with radiotelegraphy
equipment installed before the first day of July, 1960, to be equipped with a
radiotelegraphy installation that complies with the requirements specified in
the First Schedule or a radiotelephony installation that complies with the
requirements specified in the Second Schedule if-
(a) the radiotelegraphy equipment with which the ship is equipped complies
with the requirements specified in paragaphs (a) and (b) of regulation 45 of
the Navigation (Radio) Regulations as in force immediately before the
commencement of these Regulations;
(b) the ship is equipped with a reserve transmitter that complies with the
requirements of these Regulations;
(c) the ship is equipped with an automatic keying device; and
(d) the ship is equipped with a main receiver capable of reception of waves
of type A1 and type A2 on all frequencies between 405 kilocycles per second
and 535 kilocycles per second and between 1605 kilocycles per second and 3000
kilocycles per second and with a reserve receiver that complies with the
requirements of these Regulations.
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 50.
Auto-alarm wholly or partly installed before 20 March, 1968
Substituted by 1973 No. 121 r. 3
50. (1) Regulation 9 of these Regulations does not apply to-
(a) an auto-alarm that-
(i) was, immediately before the commencement of these Regulations, part
of an installation in a ship that was an existing installation for the
purposes of the Navigation (Radio) Regulations as in force at that time; and
(ii) complies with the requirements of regulation 53 as in force at that
time; or
(b) an auto-alarm that-
(i) is part of an installation in a ship that is an existing
installation for the purpose of these Regulations but was not part of an
installation referred to in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (a); and
(ii) complies with the requirements of the Fifth Schedule to the
Navigation (Radio) Regulations as in force immediately before the commencement
of these Regulations or of the Fifth Schedule to these Regulations,
and the ship shall, for the purpose of regulations 25 and 26, be deemed to be
equipped with an auto-alarm.
(2) Sub-regulation (1) does not apply in relation to a ship that is engaged
on an international voyage.
Regulation 51 repealed by 1978 No. 122 r. 3
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NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 52.
Regulation 9 not to apply to existing installation
52. Regulation 9 of these Regulations does not apply in relation to
equipment that is part of an existing installation.
Regulation 53 repealed by 1978 No. 122 r. 3
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NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SECT. 54.
Existing installation on a radiotelephone ship
Sub-reg. (1) amended by 1973 No. 121 r. 4
54. (1) These Regulations do not require a ship equipped with a
radiotelephony installation that is an existing installation to be fitted with
a radiotelephony transmitter or a radiotelephony receiver that complies with
Part 1 of the Second Schedule if the installation complies with the
requirements of the Second Schedule to the Navigation (Radio) Regulations as
in force immediately before the commencement of these Regulations and is
capable of reception by means of high stability spot tuned circuits on
frequencies of 2,182 kilocycles per second and 6,204 kilocycles per second.
Amended by 1972 No. 117 r. 1
(2) Subject to the succeeding provisions of this regulation, these
Regulations do not require a ship equipped with a radiotelephony installation
that is an existing installation to be fitted with a radiotelephony
transmitter or a radiotelephony receiver that complies with the requirements
of Part 1 of the Second Schedule if-
(a) the transmitter of the installation is capable of-
(i) transmission on 2,182 kilocycles per second, 6,204 kilocycles per
second and one other frequency between 2,000 kilocycles per second and 2,850
kilocycles per second, with frequency accuracy of 0.005 per centum;
(ii) power output to aerial (not including power dissipated in an aerial
tuning inductor or other component forming part of the transmitter) of not
less than 15 watts on any of the three frequencies referred to in the last
preceding sub-paragraph; and
(iii) in normal operation, a depth of modulation of at least 70 per
centum at peak intensity;
(b) the receiver of the installation is capable of-
(i) reception on 2,000 kilocycles per second to 3,000 kilocycles per
second and on 6,000 kilocycles per second to 6,525 kilocycles per second by
continuous tuning or in steps of one kilocycle per second; or
(ii) if it is not so capable and is installed on a ship not engaged on
an international voyage-reception by means of high stability spot tuned
circuits on not less than four frequencies between 2,000 kilocycles per second
and 3,000 kilocycles per second and not less than three frequencies between
6,000 kilocycles per second and 6,525 kilocycles per second,
and of producing clearly perceptible signals by means of a loud-speaker
when the receiver input is as low as 25 microvolts; and
(c) the transmitter and the receiver are installed in such a way as to
permit rapid changeover from transmission to reception and from reception to
transmission.
Amended by 1972 No. 117 r. 1
(3) Where the receiver of the radiotelephony installation in a ship referred
to in the last preceding sub-regulation complies with the requirements set out
in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b) of that sub-regulation but not with the
requirements set out in sub-paragraph (ii) of that paragraph, that
sub-regulation ceases, after the expiration of a period of six months after
the commencement of these Regulations, to have effect in relation to the ship
unless the receiver, in addition to complying with the requirements set out in
sub-paragraph (i) of that paragraph, is also capable of reception on 2,182
kilocycles per second and on 6,204 kilocycles per second by high stability
spot tuned circuits capable of remaining within 2 parts in 10,000 of the
frequency of tune.
(4) Sub-regulation (2) of this regulation ceases, after the expiration of a
period of seven years after the commencement of these Regulations, to have
effect in relation to any ship.
Added by 1973 No. 121 r. 4
(5) Where a ship is equipped with a radiotelephony installation-
(a) that was wholly installed in the ship after the commencement of these
Regulations but before 20th December, 1968; or
(b) that, except for this sub-regulation, would not be an existing
installation for the purpose of this regulation but is an installation part of
which was installed in the ship before 20th December, 1968, and the remainder
of which consists either of-
(i) parts installed in replacement of identical parts; or
(ii) parts which comply with the requirements of these Regulations,
the ship shall, for the purpose of this regulation, be deemed to be equipped
with a radiotelephony installation that is an existing installation for the
purpose of this regulation.
Regulations 55 and 56 repealed by 1978 No. 122 r. 3; regulation 57 repealed
by
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NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS - SCHEDULES
SCH
THE SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE
Regulation
7
RADIOTELEGRAPHY INSTALLATIONS
DEFINITION
1. In this Schedule, unless the contrary intention appears, "the standard
output" means-
(a) in relation to the main receiver of a radiotelegraphy installation-1
milliwatt into a resistance substantially equal to the modulus of the
impedance
of the telephone receivers forming part of the receiver at 1,000 cycles per
second; and
(b) in relation to the reserve receiver of a radiotelegraphy installation-
(i) for headphone reception-10 decibels below 1 milliwatt into a
resistance substantially equal to the modulus of the impedance of the
telephone
receivers forming part of the receiver at 1,000 cycles per second; and
(ii) for loudspeaker reception-17 decibels above 1 milliwatt into a
resistance that loads the out-put stage with the load appropriate to the
stage.
COMPONENTS
2. A radiotelegraphy installation shall include-
(a) a main transmitter;
(b) a main receiver;
(c) a reserve transmitter;
(d) a reserve receiver; and
(e) an automatic keying device.
MAIN TRANSMITTER
Operation
3. (1) Subject to the next succeeding sub-item, the main transmitter shall
be
capable of being operated from the supply of electrical energy referred to in
sub-regulation (1) of regulation 20 of these Regulations and of being
connected
without delay with and tuned to the main and reserve aerials referred to in
regulation 18 of these Regulations.
(2) The valve filaments in the main transmitter may, if approved in a
particular case, be energized from batteries, not being batteries
constituting
the source of electrical energy referred to in sub-regulation (5) of
regulation
20 of these Regulations.
Types of Waves
4. The main transmitter shall be capable of adjustment for the transmission
of waves of both type A1 and type A2 in the frequency range 405 kilocycles
per
second to 525 kilocycles per second.
Transmitting Frequency
5. The main transmitter shall be capable of transmitting continuously, but
not simultaneously, radiotelegraphy signals on the frequencies of 500
kilocycles per second, 410 kilocycles per second, 425 kilocycles per second
and 512 kilocycles
per second.
Range of Load Impedance
6. The main transmitter shall be capable of complying with all the
requirements of this Schedule applicable to it when connected to an
artificial
load one side of which is earthed, and that consists of a resistance in
series
with a capacitance in each of the following combinations:
(a) a resistance of 3.6 ohms in series with a capacitance of 300
picofarads;
(b) a resistance of 2.8 ohms in series with a capacitance of 400
picofarads;
(c) a resistance of 2.2 ohms in series with a capacitance of 500
picofarads;
(d) a resistance of 2.0 ohms in series with a capacitance of 600
picofarads;
and
(e) a resistance of 1.9 ohms in series with a capacitance of 750
picofarads.
Power of Main Transmitter
7. (1) In this item, a reference to the power of the main transmitter is a
reference to the total power developed in the artificial load referred to in
the last preceding item during a period when the transmitting key is
depressed.
(2) The maximum power of the main transmitter shall not, at any frequency
within its range, be less than the prescribed number of watts.
(3) For the purposes of the last preceding sub-item the prescribed number
of
watts is the number calculated in accordance with the formula-
100
-------
500
1+ --
f
where f is the frequency in kilocycles per second at which the test is made.
(4) The main transmitter shall be so designed that its power can be
reduced,
either continuously or in steps of not more than 6 decibels, to not less than
2
watts and not more than 9 watts.
(5) The main transmitter shall, when adjusted to develop its maximum rated
power, be capable of-
(a) continuous operation for the transmission of radiotelegraphy signals
at
any speed up to 30 bauds; and
(b) operation under steady marking or spacing conditions for a period of
not
less than 15 minutes.
Depth of Modulation
8. When the main transmitter is transmitting waves of type A2, the depth of
modulation shall be-
(a) when the power of the main transmitter is not less than 25 watts-not
less than 80 per centum and not more than 95 per centum; and
(b) when the power of the main transmitter is less than 25 watts-not less
than 70 per centum and not more than 95 per centum.
Note Frequency
9. The note frequency of the main transmitter shall be not less than 500
cycles per second and not more than 1,200 cycles per second.
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