VHF transmitters and receivers as Coast Stations for GMDSS and other applications in the maritime mobile service; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.2 of Directive 2014/53/EU (V2.1.1)
The present document specifies the minimum requirements for transmitters@ receivers and transceivers fitted with external antenna connectors@ used as coast stations@ operating in the VHF band of the maritime mobile service. This includes: - equipment operating under local or remote control; - equipment operating on 12@5 kHz or 25 kHz channel spacing; - equipment capable of analogue speech@ Digital Selective Calling (DSC)@ or both; - equipment operating in Simplex@ Semi-Duplex (Half Duplex) and Duplex modes; - equipment which may consist of more than one unit; - equipment which may be single-channel or multi-channel; - equipment operating on shared radio sites; - equipment operating in isolation from other radio equipment. Where the equipment is not intended for DSC operation@ only those clauses relevant to non-DSC tests are applicable. The present document covers the essential requirements of article 3.2 of Directive 2014/53/EU [i.2] under the conditions identified in annex A.