Sec. 80.1129  Locating and homing signals.

    (a) Locating signals are radio transmissions intended to facilitate 
the finding of a mobile unit in distress or the location of survivors. 
These signals include those transmitted by searching units and those 
transmitted by the mobile unit in distress, by survival craft, by float-
free EPIRBS, by satellite EPRIBs, and by search and rescue radar 
transponders to assist the searching units.
    (b) Homing singnals are those locating signals which are transmitted 
by mobile units in distress, or by survival craft, for the purpose of 
providing searching units with a signal that can be used to determine 
the bearing to the transmitting stations.
    (c) Locating signals may be transmitted in the following frequency 
bands: 117.975-136 MHz, 121.5 MHz, 156-174 MHz, 406-406.1 MHz, and 9200-
9500 MHz.
    (d) The 9 GHz locating signals must be in accordance with CCIR 
Recommendation 628 as specified in Sec. 80.1101.