[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

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[CITE: 33CFR26.04]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 26_VESSEL BRIDGE-TO-BRIDGE RADIOTELEPHONE REGULATIONS--Table of 

Contents

 

Sec. 26.04  Use of the designated frequency.



    (a) No person may use the frequency designated by the Federal 

Communications Commission under section 8 of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 1207(a), 

to transmit any information other than information necessary for the 

safe navigation of vessels or necessary tests.

    (b) Each person who is required to maintain a listening watch under 

section 5 of the Act shall, when necessary, transmit and confirm, on the 

designated frequency, the intentions of his vessel and any other 

information necessary for the safe navigation of vessels.

    (c) Nothing in these regulations may be construed as prohibiting the 

use of the designated frequency to communicate with shore stations to 

obtain or furnish information necessary for the safe navigation of 

vessels.

    (d) On the navigable waters of the United States, channel 13 (156.65 

MHz) is the designated frequency required to be monitored in accordance 

with Sec. 26.05(a) except that in the area prescribed in Sec. 

26.03(e), channel 67 (156.375 MHz) is the designated frequency.

    (e) On those navigable waters of the United States within a VTS 

area, the designated VTS frequency is an additional designated frequency 

required to be monitored in accordance with Sec. 26.05.



(85 Stat. 164; 33 U.S.C. 1201-1208; 49 CFR 1.46(n)(2))



[CGD 71-114R, 37 FR 12720, June 28, 1982, as amended by CGD 83-036, 48 

FR 30107, June 30, 1983; CGD 91-046, 57 FR 14486, Apr. 21, 1992; 57 FR 

21741, May 22, 1992; CGD 90-020, 59 FR 36323, July 15, 1994; CGD 95-033, 

60 FR 28329, May 31, 1995]