Regional agreement on inland navigation radio
In the regional arrangement concerning the Inland Waterways (Engl. Regional Arrangement on the Radiocommunication Service for Inland Waterways - abbreviated RAINWAT ) the signatories to the agreed on 6 April 2000 by its administration in accordance with Article 6 ITU Radio Regulations (VO Funk) of International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on the regulations on inland navigation in Europe. The agreement entered into force on August 1, 2000, replacing a previous agreement reached in Brussels .
Signatory States
The regional agreement on inland navigation was reached on April 6, 2000 in Basel . The agreement currently applies between the following countries
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terminology
Four traffic groups are defined:
- Ship-ship,
- Nautical information,
- Ship port authority,
- Radio communication on board.
Frequency allocation
It is stipulated that a license for the ship radio station must be available in order to set up and operate a ship radio station . This approval certificate has to be issued by the competent authority of the country in which the ship is registered. The approval certificate must be on board the ship at all times and be presented to the competent authorities upon request.
Radio operating certificate
The operation of a ship's radio station must be carried out by a person who holds a VHF radiotelephony certificate for inland navigation radio or an equivalent certificate.
The certificates that were issued on the basis of the provisions of this agreement or in accordance with the provisions of the former Article 55 (VO Funk edition 1990, revision 1994) or the existing Article 47 of the VO Funk are to be recognized by all contract administrations without reservation.
Transmission power
For VHF radio systems, the output power must be set to a value between 6 W and 25 W. However, the following exceptions apply:
- In the ship-to-ship, ship-port authority and on-board radio traffic sectors, the output power is automatically limited to a value between 0.5 W and 1 W when one of these channels is switched on.
- In the nautical information traffic group, the competent authorities can require operation with a reduced output power between 0.5 W and 1 W for ships in their territory .
- The output power of the AIS channels must not exceed 25 W.
Portable walkie-talkies
The use of portable VHF radio systems is restricted to radio traffic on board or to channels 15 and / or 17. Only in the Netherlands and Switzerland are portable VHF radio systems permitted to be used by all public on pleasure craft .
ATIS
ATIS is mandatory for all radio systems.
The administrations can authorize radio systems for radio stations where the reception of the ATIS signal in the loudspeaker or handset can be suppressed by ATIS killers . Only the audio signal of other stations is suppressed when receiving, but not the transmission of your own ATIS ID.
A ship information database has been created containing all call signs , ship names, ATIS codes and MMSI of the countries that have signed the Regional Agreement on Inland Navigation Radio. The database and a search engine can be found on the COMMITTEE RAINWAT website. The Belgian administration is responsible for the updating and functionality of the database.
For ships coming from states whose administrations are not members of the regional agreement, the ATIS code must be formed from the MMSI by placing the number 9 in front.
Mutual recognition of approvals
It was decided that the administrations mutually recognize their approved or recognized radio system types if the operational and technical characteristics of the radio system in question correspond to this agreement or to relevant international standards .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Regional Agreement on Inland Navigation Radio (RAINWAT). (pdf) Committee RAINWAT, October 11, 2016, accessed on February 6, 2020 .
