47 CFR § 80.302 - Notice of discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of service involving a distress watch.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t47/s80.302"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "47 CFR § 80.302 - Notice of discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of service involving a distress watch."
title_number: 47
title_name: "Telecommunication"
section_number: "80.302"
section_name: "Notice of discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of service involving a distress watch."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SAFETY AND SPECIAL RADIO SERVICES"
part_number: "80"
part_name: "STATIONS IN THE MARITIME SERVICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "47 U.S.C. 151-155, 301-609; 3 U.S.T. 3450, 3 U.S.T. 4726, 12 U.S.T. 2377."
regulatory_source: "51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "80"
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# 80.302 Notice of discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of service involving a distress watch.
(a) When changes occur in the operation of a public coast station which include discontinuance, relocation, reduction or suspension of a watch required to be maintained on 2182 kHz or 156.800 MHz, notification must be made by the licensee to the nearest district office of the U.S. Coast Guard as soon as practicable. The notification must include the estimated or known resumption time of the watch.
(b) [Reserved]
[68 FR 46967, Aug. 7, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 64673, Nov. 8, 2004]