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 RADIOTELEGRAPHIC CONVENTION. JULY 5, 1912. 1721 When the management of the radio service of a country is con- °°¤*Pl¤*¤”°‘¤°*Vi¤¤· vinced by its working that a station on shipboard does not fulfill the requirements, it shall, in every case, address a complaint to the management of the radio service of the country to which such ship 1S a subject. The subsequent procedure, when necessary, shall be the same as that prescribed in Article XII, paragraph 2. Airrrcnn X. 1. The service of the station on shipboard shall be carried on by .,,,§,¥’°'°°°"’ °°“l°' a telegraph operator holding a certificate issued by the Government to which the vessel is subject, or, in case of necessity and for one voyaglehonly, b§ some other adhering Government. 2. ere sha be two classes of certificates: The iirst class certificate shall attest the professional eiliciency of Fm °”“· the operator as regards: _ (a) Adjustment of the apparatus and knowledge of its functionmg? (b) Transmission and acoustic reception at the rate of not less than 20 words a minute; (c) Knowledge of the regulations governing the exchange of radio correspondence. The second class certificate may be issued to operators who are S°°°¤‘*°*°°°· able to transmit and receive at a rate of only 12 to 19 words a minute but who, in other respects, fulfill the requirements mentioned above. Operators holding second class certificates may be permitted on: (a) Vessels which use radiotelegraphy only in their own service and in the correspondence of their crews, fishing vessels in particular (b) All vessels, as substitutes, E-Livided such vessels have on at least one qperator holding a t-class certiiicate. However, on vessels classe under the first category indicated in Article XIII, the service shall be carried on by at least two telegraph operators holding first-class certificates. _ · In the stations on shipboard, transmissions shall be made only by '*"°’““*"“‘°“’· 0 erators holding first or second-class certificates except in cases ollnecessity where it would be impossible to conform to this provision. (3) The certificate shall furthermore state that the Government S°"'°°’ ""““"‘*· has bound the operator to secrecy with rgglard to the correspondence. 4. The radio service of the station on `pboard shall be under the ¤¤:>¤¤¤¤ ¤¤**¤>¤=v· superior authority of the commanding officer of the ship. Anrrcrn X1. Shi s rovided with radio installations and classed under the first E“*“§“°’ ‘“"'°“ two dlitelgories indicated in Article XIII are bound to have radio mm m installations for dbtress calls all the elements of which shall be ketpt under conditions of the greatest possible safety to be determined y the Government issuing the license. Such emergency installations shall have their own source of energy, be capable of quickly being set into operation, of functioning for at least six hours, and have a mimmum range of 80 nautical miles for ships of the first category and 50 miles for those of the second. Such emergency installations shall not be required in the case of vessels the regular installations of which fulfill the requirements of the present Article. Anricuz XII. If the management of the radio service of a country has knowledge '°““Y ‘°' of any infraction of the Convention or of the Regulations committed in any of the stations authorized by it, it shall ascertain the facts and fix the responsibility.