[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 33, Volume 3] [Revised as of July 1, 2007] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 33CFR401.9] [Page 664] TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER IV--SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PART 401_SEAWAY REGULATIONS AND RULES--Table of Contents Subpart A_Regulations Sec. 401.9 Radiotelephone equipment. (a) Self-propelled vessels, other than pleasure craft of less than 20.0 m in overall length, shall be equipped with VHF (very high frequency) radiotelephone equipment. (b) The radio transmitters on a vessel shall: (1) Have sufficient power output to enable the vessel to communicate with Seaway stations from a distance of 48 km; and (2) Be fitted to operate from the conning position in the wheelhouse and to communicate on channels 11, 12, 13, 14, 17 and 66a. (68 Stat. 93-96, 33 U.S.C. 981-990, as amended and secs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 13 of sec. 2 of Pub. L. 95-474, 92 Stat. 1471) [39 FR 10900, Mar. 22, 1974, as amended at 40 FR 11721, Mar. 13, 1975; 47 FR 51121, Nov. 12, 1982; 48 FR 20690, May 9, 1983; 61 FR 19551, May 2, 1996; 70 FR 12970, Mar. 17, 2005]