Ship's emergency transmitter (also: '' ship's emergency radio transmitter'') is – according to ''article 1.99'' of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU)

ITU Radio Regulations The ITU Radio Regulations (short: RR) is a basic document of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) that regulates on law of nations scale radiocommunication services and the utilisation of radio frequencies. It is the supplementation t ...

(RR)ITU Radio Regulations, Section IV. Radio Stations and Systems – Article 1.99, definition: ''land mobile station / land mobile radio station'' – defined as «''A ship's transmitter to be used exclusively on a distress frequency for distress, urgency or safety purposes''.» Each ''

transmitter In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to the ...

'' shall be classified by the '' service'' in which it operates permanently or temporarily. ;See also:

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