32Condition — VDES communications

32 Condition – VDES communications

(1) A person must not operate a limited coast non assigned station for VHF Data Exchange System (VDES) communications otherwise than: (a) subject to subsection (2) – on a frequency mentioned in column 1 of a table item in Schedule 7; and (b) at a transmitter output power not exceeding 25 W pY; and (c) for the purpose of ship-to-shore and shore-to-ship communications. (2) A person may operate a limited coast non assigned station using more than one frequency specified in column 1 of a table item in Schedule 7 if: (a) the channels for those frequencies have a contiguous bandwidth of: (i) 50 kHz; or (ii) 100 kHz; or (iii) 150 kHz; and (b) the use of those frequencies is consistent with Appendix 18 of the Radio Regulations.

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