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 (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 to th ...

(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 (often abbreviated as XMTR or TX in technical documents) is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna (radio), antenna with the purpose of sig ...

'' shall be classified by the ''

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'' in which it operates permanently or temporarily. ;See also:

References / sources

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