Schedule Sch 4 - Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Maritime Ship Licence) Determination 2002 - Ship station Class C stations: requirements for maintaining watch

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Schedule 4 Ship station Class C stations: requirements for maintaining watch

(sections 5.2 and 6.13)

Item	Type of ship	Type of watch to be maintained	Limitations
1	Ship equipped in accordance with GMDSS, and fitted with a VHF DSC radio installation	Continuous watch on VHF DSC channel 70
2	Ship equipped in accordance with GMDSS, and fitted with an MF radio installation	Continuous watch on the distress and safety DSC frequency 2187.5 kHz
3	Ship equipped in accordance with GMDSS, and fitted with an MF/HF radio installation	Continuous watch on the distress and safety DSC frequencies 2187.5 kHz and 8414.5 kHzContinuous watch on at least 1 of the distress and safety DSC frequencies 4207.5 kHz, 6312 kHz, 12577 kHz and 16804.5 kHz, as appropriate to the time of day and the ship’s geographical position	The watch may be kept using a scanning receiver
4	Every ship equipped in accordance with GMDSS	Continuous watch for satellite shore-to-ship distress alerts	The watch must be kept using Enhanced Group Calling over the Inmarsat C system
5	Every ship	Radio watch for broadcast of maritime safety information	The watch must be kept on the appropriate frequency or frequencies on which the information is broadcast for the area where the ship is located
6	Every ship	Continuous listening watch on VHF channel 16 (156.80 MHz)
7	Every ship	Continuous watch on the radiotelephone distress frequency 2182 kHz
8	Every ship	Continuous watch on the distress and safety frequency 2182 kHz and VHF channel 16 (156.80 MHz)	The watch must be kept at the position from which the ship is normally navigated