[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR86.03]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 86_ANNEX III: TECHNICAL DETAILS OF SOUND SIGNAL APPLIANCES--Table 

of Contents

 

                           Subpart A_Whistles

 

Sec. 86.03  Limits of fundamental frequencies.



    To ensure a wide variety of whistle characteristics, the fundamental 

frequency of a whistle shall be between the following limits:

    (a) 70-200 Hz, for a vessel 200 meters or more in length;

    (b) 130-350 Hz, for a vessel 75 meters but less than 200 meters in 

length;

    (c) 250-525 Hz, for a vessel less than 75 meters in length.