5 Radio and Signalling Equipment
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5 Radio and Signalling Equipment

  5.1 All vessels shall be fitted with a marine VHF radio installation. In addition, vessels certified for operation in exposed waters shall be fitted with an INMARSAT-C system or other system appropriate to the sea area designated by the Administration under regulation IV/5 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 as amended (SOLAS),capable of meeting the appropriate requirements of Chapter IV, Part C of SOLAS.

  5.2 A durable placard shall be posted next to all radio telephone installations with the emergency broadcast instructions and information, specific to the individual vessel. The emergency broadcast instructions given in Annex 6 , placed on a placard, shall satisfy the requirement for emergency broadcast instructions in vessels fitted with VHF and MF marine radios not compatible with the requirements of Chapter IV, Part C of SOLAS.

  5.3.1 When the electrical supply to radio equipment is from a battery, charging facilities, which are capable of recharging them to the minimum capacity requirements given in VII/5.3.3 within 10 hours, or a duplicate battery of capacity sufficient for the voyage shall be provided.

  5.3.2 The battery electrical supply to radio equipment shall be protected against flooding or swamping as far as practicable and arranged so that radio communications are not interrupted. When the efficiency of the required protection against flooding/swamping cannot be guaranteed, in the case of batteries located below the freeboard deck, an efficiently protected battery supply to the radio equipment shall be provided above the freeboard deck.

  5.3.3 When fully charged, the batteries shall provide at least six hours of operation to ensure effective use of the Radio installation.

  5.3.4 Each battery shall be installed in accordance with regulation IV/21 .

  5.4 Passenger vessels shall be fitted with a daylight signalling lamp, or other means to communicate by light using a source of power not solely dependent on the ship’s power supply. Other vessels operating during the hours of darkness shall be provided with an efficient waterproof electric torch suitable for signalling.

Parent topic: Chapter VII - Miscellaneous Systems and Equipment
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