SIXTY-SECOND CONGRESS; Sess. II. Ch. 287. 1912 305 usz or A "e11Am>wAvn." Ifourth. all stations the logarithmic decrement per complete .U’°°""°""“'°·" oscillation m the wave trains emitted by the transmitter shall) not exceed two—tenths, except when sending distress signals or signals and messages relating thereto. Usn or “STA.NDA.B.D nrsrnnss WAVE}, Fifth. Every station on shipboard shall be pre ared to send distress m‘“'°" °‘“" calls_on the normal wave length disignated by the intemational convention m force, except on vessel o small tonnage unable to have plants msuring that wave length, M i _ sreiur. or _Sixth. Thadistress call used shall be the international signal of °"“""’g'“‘· usr: or HBROAD mrnmmnms wAvn" Fl'lE‘DISTB.ESS s1eNA1.s. semen. when sending assess pagans, the emmaasr ct s ,3;:; *0* Mm station on shipboard may be tuned m such a manner as to create a maximum of mterference with a maximum of radiation. DISTANCE 1u·:qummmNr ron nxsrmnss s1eNA1.s. Eighth. Every station on shi board, wherever practicable shall °"““°°m,,,,.'°"““°Z be prepared to send distress silgnalspf the character specified in math, sm regulations nfth and sixth with suHic1ent power to enab e them to be received by day over sea a distance of one hundred nautical miles by a shipboard station equipped with a§aratus for both sending and receiving equal in all essential partie ars to that of the station iirst mentioned. "mem· or WAY),. ron msnuzss s1oNA1.s. Ninth. All stations are uired to `ve absolute priority to signals §"*",,§' "“" ‘°‘ and radiograms relatin tbeghips in clilstrem; to cease all sending on di in- mum hearing a distress s'm§; and, except when engaged m answering or aiding the ship in distress, to refram from sending until all signals and radiograms relating thereto are completed. nnnucnn rowmz ron smrs 1mAn A ooviaimumrr STATION. Tenth. No station on shipboard, when within fifteen nautical ,,,,B,'f‘,§‘$ 2°§'§§,,°{’,{ miles of a naval or military station, shall use a transformer mput ¤¤¤*¤¤*-*°¤- exceeding one kilowatt, nor, when withm five nautical miles of such a station, a transformer input exceeding one-half kilowatt, except for sending signals of distress, or signals or radiograms relating thereto. IHTEBCOIZIUNTCAITON. Eleventh. Each shore station open to neral public service quueabeswssung between the coast and vessels at sea shallqfe bound toexchango $‘;..""*“’°"° '“' l‘¤§i10g¤l¤§ with any similar shore station and with any ship station Without dmtmction of the radio systems agggted by such stations,
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f t with any atgzheresitgion 0: shipboard withougl distinction 0 e o systems o eac station resgectiv .. _ I I I _ lt shall the duty ofpeiiich shch shore station, the hours 1t• A is in operation, to listen in at intervals of not less than teen minutes
