RESOLUTION A.610(15)
adopted on 19 November 1987


PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR SHIPBORNE MF RADIO INSTALLATIONS
CAPABLE OF VOICE COMMUNICATION AND DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING

THE ASSEMBLY,

RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Assembly in relation to, regulations and guidelines concerning maritime safety,

RECOGNIZING the need to prepare performance standards for MF radio installations capable of voice communication and digital selective calling to ensure the operational reliability of such equipment and to avoid, as far as practicable, adverse interaction between such equipment and other communication and navigation equipment aboard ship,

HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Maritime Safety Committee at its fifty-third session,

1. ADOPTS the Recommendation on Performance Standards for MF Radio Installations Capable of Voice Communication and Digital Selective Calling, the text of which is set out in the Annex;

2. RECOMMENDS Member Governments to ensure that shipborne MF radio installations capable of voice communication and digital selective calling which will form part of the global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS) conform to performance standards not inferior to those specified in the Annex to this resolution.