A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas a Radiotelegraphic Convention, with the Final Protocol and
Service Regulations, between the United States and other Governments was
concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at London on
the fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, the
originals of which Convention, Final Protocol and Service Regulations,
being in the French language, are word for word as follows:
[In the publication “Treaty Series, No. 581,” from which this is printed,
the French text here follows, with a translation in English at page 40,
as follows:]
The undersigned, plenipotentiaries of the Governments of the countries
enumerated above, having met in conference at London, have agreed on the
following Convention, subject to ratification:
The High Contracting Parties bind themselves to apply the provisions of
the present Convention to all radio stations (both coastal stations and
stations on shipboard) which are established or worked [Page 1376] by the Contracting Parties and open to
public service between the coast and vessels at sea.
They further bind themselves to make the observance of these provisions
obligatory upon private enterprises authorized either to establish or
work coastal stations for radiotelegraphy open to public service between
the coast and vessels at sea, or to establish or work radio stations,
whether open to general public service or not, and board of vessels
flying their flag.
By “coastal stations” is to be understood every radio station established
on shore or on board a permanently moored vessel used for the exchange
of correspondence with ships at sea.
Every radio station established on board any vessel not permanently
moored is called a “station on shipboard.”
The coastal stations and the stations on shipboard shall be bound to
exchange radiograms without distinction of the radio system adopted by
such stations.
Every station on shipboard shall be bound to exchange radiograms with
every other station on shipboard without distinction of the radio system
adopted by such stations.
However, in order not to impede scientific progress, the provisions of
the present Article shall not prevent the eventual employment of a radio
system incapable of communicating with other systems, provided that such
incapacity shall be due to the specific nature of such system and that
it shall not be the result of devices adopted for the sole purpose of
preventing intercommunication.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3, a station may be reserved
for a limited public service determined by the object of the
correspondence or by other circumstances independent of the system
employed.
Each of the High Contracting Parties undertakes to connect the coastal
stations to the telegraph system by special wires, or, at least, to take
other measures which will insure a rapid exchange between the coastal
stations and the telegraph system.
The High Contracting Parties shall notify one another of the names of
coastal stations and stations on shipboard referred to in Article 1, and
also of all data, necessary to facilitate and accelerate the exchange of
radiograms, as specified in the Regulations.
Each of the High Contracting Parties reserves the right to prescribe or
permit at the stations referred to in Article 1, apart from the
installation the data of which are to be published in conformity with
Article 6, the installation and working of other devices for the purpose
of establishing special radio communication without publishing the
details of such devices.
The working of the radio stations shall be organized as far as possible
in such manner as not to disturb the service of other radio
stations.
distress from whatever source, to similarly answer such calls and to
Radio stations are bound to give absolutely priority to calls of take
such action with regard thereto as may be required.
The charge for a radiogram shall comprise, according to the
circumstances:
The coastal rate shall be subject to the approval of the Government of
which the coastal station is dependent, and the shipboard rate to the
approval of the Government of which the ship is dependent.
The provisions of the present Convention are supplemented by Regulations,
which shall have the same force and go into effect at the same time as
the Convention.
The provisions of the present Convention and of the Regulations relating
thereto may at any time be modified by the High Contracting Parties by
common consent. Conferences of plenipotentiaries having power to modify
the Convention and the Regulations, shall take place from time to time;
each conference shall fix the time and place of the next meeting.
Such conferences shall be composed of delegates of the Governments of the
contracting countries.
In the deliberations each country shall have but one vote.
If a Government adheres to the Convention for its colonies, possessions
or protectorates, subsequent conferences may decide that such [Page 1378] colonies, possessions or
protectorates, or a part thereof, shall be considered as forming a
country as regards the application of the preceding paragraph. But the
number of votes at the disposal of one Government, including its
colonies, possessions or protectorates, shall in no case exceed six.
The following shall be considered as forming’ a single country for the
application of the present Article;
The International Bureau of the Telegraph Union shall be charged with
collecting, coordinating and publishing information ox every kind
relating to radiotelegraphy, examining the applications for changes in
the Convention or Regulations, promulgating the amendments adopted, and
generally performing all administrative work referred to it in the
interest of international radiotelegraphy.
The expense of such institution shall be borne by all the contracting
countries.
Each of the High Contracting Parties reserves to itself the right of
fixing the terms on which it will receive radiograms proceeding from or
intended for any station, whether on shipboard or coastal, which is not
subject to the provisions of the present Convention.
If a radiogram is received the ordinary rates shall be applicable to
it.
Any radiogram proceeding from a station on shipboard and received by a
coastal station of a contracting country, or accepted in transit by the
administration of a contracting country, shall be forwarded.
Any radiogram intended for a vessel shall also be forwarded if the
administration, of the contracting country has accepted it originally or
in transit from a non-contracting country, the coastal station reserving
the right to refuse transmission to a station on shipboard subject to a
non-contracting country.
The provisions of Articles 8 and 9 of this Convention are also applicable
to radio installation other than those referred to in Article 1.
Governments which are not parties to the present Convention shall be
permitted to adhere to it upon their request. Such adherence shall be
communicated through diplomatic channels to the contracting Government
in whose territory the last conference shall have been held, and by the
latter to the remaining Governments.
The adherence shall carry with it to the fullest extent acceptance of all
the clauses of this Convention and admission to all the advantages
stipulated therein.
The adherence to the Convention by the Government of a country having
colonies, possessions or protectorates shall not carry with it the
adherence of its colonies, possessions or protectorates unless a
declaration to that effect is made by such Government. Such colonies,
possessions and protectorates, as a whole or each of them, separately,
may form the subject of a separate adherence or a separate denunciation
within the provisions of the present Article and of Article 22.
The provisions of Articles 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12 and 17 of the
International Telegraph Convention of St. Petersburg of July 10–22,
1875, shall be applicable to international radiotelegraphy.
In case of disagreement between two or more contracting Governments
regarding the interpretation or execution of the present Convention or
of the Regulations referred to in Article 11, the question in dispute
may, by mutual agreement, be submitted to arbitration. [Page 1380] In such case each of the Governments
concerned shall choose another Government not interested in the
.question at issue.
The decision of the arbiters shall be arrived at by the absolute majority
of votes.
In case of a division of votes, the arbiters shall choose, for the
purpose of settling the disagreement, another contracting Government
which is likewise a stranger to the question at issue. In case of
failure to agree on a choice, each arbiter shall propose a disinterested
contracting Government and lots shall be drawn between the Governments
proposed. The drawing of the lots shall fall to the Government within
whose territory the international bureau provided for in Article 13
shall be located.
The High Contracting Parties bind themselves to take, or propose to their
respective legislatures, the necessary measures for insuring the
execution of the present Convention.
The High Contracting Parties shall communicate to one another any laws
already framed, or which may be framed, in their respective countries
relative to the object of the present Convention.
The High Contracting Parties shall preserve their entire liberty as
regards radio installations other than provided for in Article 1,
especially naval and military installations, and stations used for
communications between fixed points. All such installations and stations
shall be subject only to the obligations provided for in Articles 8 and
9 of the present Convention.
However, when such installations and stations are used for public ,
maritime service they shall conform, in the execution of such service,
to the provisions of the Regulations as regards the mode of transmission
and rates.
On the other hand, if coastal stations are used for general public
service with ships at sea and also for communication between fixed
points, such stations shall not be subject, in the execution of the last
named service, to the provisions of the Convention except for the
observance of Articles 8 and 9 of this Convention.
Nevertheless, fixed stations used for correspondence between land and
land shall not refuse the exchange of radiograms with another fixed
station on account of the system adopted by such station; the liberty of
each country shall, however, be complete as regards the organization of
the service for correspondence between fixed points and the nature of
the correspondence to be effected fey the stations reserved for such
service.
The present Convention shall go into effect on the 1st day of July, 1913,
and shall remain in force for an indefinite period or until the [Page 1381] expiration of one year from
the day when it shall be denounced by any of the contracting
parties.
Such denunciation shall affect only the Government in whose name it shall
have been made. As regards the other Contracting Powers, the Convention
shall remain in force.
The present Convention shall be ratified and the ratifications exchanged
at London with the least possible delay.
In case one or several of the High Contracting Parties shall not ratify
the Convention, it shall nevertheless be valid as to the Parties which
shall have ratified it.
In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed one copy
of the Convention, which shall be deposited in the archives of the
British Government, and a copy of which shall be transmitted to each
Party.
SERVICE REGULATIONS AFFIXED TO THE INTERNATIONAL RADIOTELEGRAPH
CONVENTION, LONDON, 1912.
[Translation.]
1. ORGANIZATION OF RADIO STATIONS.
Article I.
The choice of radio apparatus and devices to be used by the coastal
stations and stations on shipboard shall be unrestricted. The
installation of such stations shall as far as possible keep pace
with scientific and technical progress.
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Article II.
Two wave lengths, one of 600 meters and the other of 300 meters, are
authorized for general public service. Every coastal station opened
to such service shall be equipped in such manner as to be able to
use these two wave lengths, one of which shall be designated as the
normal wave length of the station. During the whole time that a
coastal station is open it shall be in condition to “receive calls
according to its normal wave length. For the correspondence
specified under paragraph 2 of Article XXXV, however, a wave length
of 1,800 meters shall be used. In addition, each Government may
authorize in coastal stations the employment of other wave lengths
designed to insure long-range service or any service other than for
general public correspondence established in conformity with the
provisions of the Convention under the reservation that such wave
lengths do not exceed 600 meters or that they do exceed 1,600
meters.
In particular, stations used exclusively for sending signals designed
to determine the position of ships shall not employ wave lengths
exceeding 150 meters.
Article III.
1. Every station on shipboard shall be equipped in such manner as to
be able to use wave lengths of 600 meters and of 300 meters. The
first shall be the normal wave length and may not be exceeded for
transmission except in the case referred to under Article XXXV
(paragraph 2).
Other wave lengths, less than 600 meters, may be used in special
cases and under the approval of the managements to which the coastal
and shipboard stations concerned are subject.
2. During the whole time that a station on shipboard is open it shall
be able to receive calls according to its normal wave length.
3. Vessels of small tonnage which are unable to use a wave length of
600 meters for transmission, may be authorized to employ exclusively
the wave length of 300; they must be able to receive a wave length
of 600 meters.
Article IV.
Communication between a coastal station and a station on shipboard
shall be exchanged on the part of both by means of the same wave
length. If, in a particular case, communication is difficult, the
two stations may, by mutual consent, pass from the wave length with
which they are communicating to the other regulation wave length.
Both stations shall resume their normal wave length when the
exchange of radiograms is finished.
Article V.
- 1.
- The International Bureau shall draw up, publish, and revise
from time to time an official chart showing the coastal
stations, their normal ranges, the principal lines of
navigation, and the time normally taken by ships for the voyage
between the different ports of call.
- 2.
- It shall draw up and publish a list of radio stations of the
class referred to in Article I of the Convention, and from time
to time [Page 1389] supplements
covering additions and modifications. Such list shall contain
for each station the following data:
- (1)
- In the case of coastal stations; name, nationality,
and geographical location indicated by the territorial
subdivision and the latitude and longitude of the place;
in the case of stations on shipboard; name and
nationality of the ship; when the case arises, the name
and address of the party working the station;
- (2)
- The call letters (the calls shall be distinguishable
from one another and each must be formed of a group of
three letters);
- (3)
- The normal range;
- (4)
- The radio system with the characteristics of the
transmitting system (musical sparks, tonality expressed
by the number of double vibrations, etc.);
- (5)
- The wave lengths used (the normal wave length to be
underscored);
- (6)
- The nature of the services carried on;
- (7)
- The hours during which the station is open;
- (8)
- When the case arises, the hour and method of
transmitting time signals and meteorological
telegrams;
- (9)
- The coastal rate or shipboard rate.
- 3.
- The list shall also contain such data relating to radio
stations other than those specified in Article I of the
Convention as may be communicated to the International Bureau by
the management of the Radio Service (“administration”) to which
such stations are subject, provided that such managements are
either adherents to the Convention or, if not adherents, have
made the declaration referred to Article XLVIII.
- 4.
- The following notations shall be adopted in documents for use
by the International Service to designate radio stations:
- PG Station open to general public correspondence. PR
Station open to limited public correspondence. P Station
of private interest.
- O Station open exclusively to official
correspondence.
- N Station having continuous service.
- X Station having no fixed working hours.
- 5.
- The name of a station on shipboard appearing in the first
column of the list shall be followed, in case there are two or
more vessels of the same name, by the call letters of such
station.
Article VI.
The exchange of superfluous signals and words is prohibited to
stations of the class referred to in Article I of the Convention.
Experiments and practice will be permitted in such stations in so
far as they do not interfere, with the service of other
stations.
Practice shall be carried on with wave lengths different from those
authorized for public correspondence, and with the minimum of power
necessary.
Article VII.
1. All stations are bound to carry on the service with the minimum of
energy necessary to insure safe communication.
2. Every coastal or shipboard station shall comply with the following
requirements:
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(a) The waves sent out shall be as pure and as little damped as
possible;
In particular, the use of transmitting devices in which the waves
sent out are obtained by means of sparks directly in the aerial
(plain aerial) shall not be authorized except in cases of
distress.
It may, however, be permitted in the case of certain special stations
(those of small vessels for example) in which the primary power does
not exceed 50 watts.
(b) The apparatus shall be able to transmit and receive at a speed
equal to at least 20 words a minute, words to be counted at the rate
of 5 letters each.
New installations using more than 50 watts shall be equipped in such
a way as to make it possible to obtain with ease several ranges less
than the normal range, the shortest being approximately 15 nautical
miles. Existing installations using more than 50 watts shall be
remodeled, wherever possible, so as to comply with the foregoing
provisions.
(c) Receiving apparatus shall be able to receive, with the greatest
possible protection against interference, transmissions of the wave
lengths specified in the present Regulations, up to 600 meters.
3. Stations serving solely for determining the position of ships
(radiophares) shall not operate over a radius greater than 30
nautical miles.
Article VIII.
Independently of the general requirements specified under Article
VII, stations on shipboard shall likewise comply with the following
requirements:
- (a)
- The power transmitted to the radio apparatus, measured at
the terminals of the generator of the station, shall not,
under normal conditions, exceed one kilowatt.
- (b)
- Subject to the provisions of Article XXXV, paragraph 2,
power exceeding one kilowatt may be employed when the vessel
finds it necessary to correspond while more than 200
nautical miles distant from the nearest coastal station, or
when, owing to unusual circumstances, communication can be
established only by means of an increase of power.
Article IX.
1. No station on shipboard shall be established or worked by private
enterprise without a license issued by the Government to which the
vessel is subject.
Stations on board of ships having their port of registry in a colony,
possession, or protectorate may be described as subject to the
authority of such colony, possession, or protectorate.
2. Every shipboard station holding a license issued by one of the
contracting Governments shall be considered by the other Governments
as having an installation fulfilling the requirements stipulated in
the present Regulations.
Competent authorities of the countries at which the ship calls may
demand the production of the license. In default of such production,
these authorities may satisfy themselves as to whether the radio
installations of the ship fulfill the requirements imposed by the
present regulations.
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When the management of the radio service of a country is convinced 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 is
a subject. The subsequent procedure, when necessary, shall be the
same as that prescribed in Article XII, paragraph 2.
Article X.
1. The service of the station on shipboard shall be carried on by a
telegraph operator holding a certificate issued by the Government to
which the vessel is subject, or, in case of necessity and for one
voyage only, by some other adhering Government.
2. There shall be two classes of certificates:
The first class certificate shall attest the professional efficiency
of the operator as regards:
- (a)
- Adjustment of the apparatus and knowledge of its
functioning;
- (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 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, provided such vessels have on
board at least one operator holding a
first-class certificate. However, on vessels classed 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
operators holding first or second-class certificates except in cases
of necessity where it would be impossible to conform to this
provision.
3. The certificate shall furthermore state that the Government has
bound the operator to secrecy with regard to the correspondence.
4. The radio service of the station on shipboard shall be under the
superior authority of the commanding officer of the ship.
Article XI.
Ships provided with radio installations and classed under the first
two categories indicated in Article XIII are bound to have radio
installations for distress calls all the elements of which shall be
kept under conditions of the greatest possible safety to be
determined by 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 minimum 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.
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Article XII.
1. If the management of the radio service of a country has knowledge
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.
In the case of stations on shipboard, if the operator is responsible
for such infraction, the management of the radio service shall take
the necessary measures, and, if the necessity should arise, withdraw
the certificate. If it is ascertained that the infraction is the
result of the condition of the apparatus or of instructions given
the operator, the same method shall be pursued with regard to the
license issued to the vessel.
2. In cases of repeated infractions chargeable to the same vessel, if
the representations made to the management of the country to which
the vessel is subject by that of another country remain without
effect, the latter shall be at liberty, after giving due notice, to
authorize its coastal stations not to accept communications
proceeding from the vessel at fault. In case of disagreement between
the managements of the radio service of two countries, the question
shall be submitted to arbitration at the request of either of the
two Governments concerned. The procedure is indicated in Article 18
of the Convention.
2. HOURS OF SERVICE OF STATIONS.
Article XIII.
(a) Coastal stations:
1. The service of coastal stations shall, as far as possible, be
constant, day and night, without interruption.
Certain coastal stations, however, may have a service of limited
duration. The management of the radio service of each country shall
fix the hours of service.
2. The coastal stations whose service is not constant shall not close
before having transmitted all their radiograms to the vessels which
are within their radius of action, nor before having received from
such vessels all the radiograms of which notice has been given. This
provision is likewise applicable when vessels signal their presence
before the actual cessation of work.
(b) Stations on shipboard:
3. Stations on shipboard shall be classed under three categories:
- (1)
- Stations having constant service;
- (2)
- Stations having a service of limited duration;
- (3)
- Stations having no fixed working hours.
When the ship is under way, the following shipboard stations shall
have an operator constantly listening in; 1st, Stations of the first
category; 2nd, Those of the second category during the hours in
which they are open to service. During the remaining hours, the last
named stations shall have an operator at the radio instrument
listening in during the first ten minutes of each hour. Stations of
the third category are not bound to perform any regular service of
listening in.
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It shall fall to the Governments issuing the licenses specified in
Article IX to fix the category in which the ship shall be classed as
regards its obligations in the matter of listening in. Mention shall
be made of such classification in the license.
3. FORM AND POSTING OF RADIOGRAMS.
Article XIV.
- 1.
- Radiograms shall show, as the first word of the preamble, that
the service is “radio.”
- 2.
- In the transmission of radiograms proceeding from a ship at
sea, the date and hour of posting at the shipboard, station
shall be stated in the preamble.
- 3.
- Upon forwarding a radiogram over the telegraph system, the
coastal station shall show thereon as the office of origin, the
name of the ship of origin as it appears in the list, and also
when the case arises, that of the last ship which acted as
intermediary. These data shall be followed by the name of the
coastal station.
Article XV.
The address of radiograms intended for ships shall be as complete as
possible.
It shall embrace the following:
- (a)
- The name or title of the addressee, with additional
designations, if any;
- (b)
- The name of the vessel as it appears in the first column
of the list;
- (c)
- The name of the coastal station as it appears in the
list.
The name of the ship, however, may be replaced, at the sender’s risk,
by the designation of the route to be followed by such vessel, as
determined by the names of the ports of departure and destination or
by any other equivalent information.
- 2.
- In the address, the name of the ship as it appears in the
first column of the list, shall, in all cases and independently
of its length, be counted as one word.
- 3.
- Radiograms framed with the aid of the International Code of
Signals shall be transmitted to their destination without
being-translated.
4. RATES.
Article XVI.
1. The coastal rate and the shipboard rate shall be fixed in
accordance with the tariff per word, pure and simple, on the basis
of an equitable remuneration for the radio work, with an optional
minimum rate per radiogram.
The coastal rate shall not exceed 60 centimes (11.6 cents) a word,
and the shipboard rate shall not exceed 40 centimes (7.7 cents) a
word. However, each management shall be at liberty to authorize
coastal and shipboard rates higher than such maxima in the case of
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exceeding 400 nautical miles, or of stations whose work is
exceptionally difficult owing to physical conditions in connection
with the installation or working of the same.
The optional minimum rate per radiogram shall not be higher than the
coastal rate or shipboard rate for a radiogram of ten words.
2. In the case of radiograms proceeding from or destined for a
country and exchanged directly with the coastal stations of such
country, the rate applicable to the transmission over the telegraph
lines shall not, on the average, exceed the inland rate of such
country.
Such rate shall be computed per word, pure and simple, with an
optional minimum rate which shall not exceed the rate for ten words.
It shall be stated in francs by the management of the radio service
of the country to which the coastal station is subject.
In the case of countries of the European system, with the exception
of Russia and Turkey, there shall be but one rate for the territory
of each country.
Article XVII.
1. When a radiogram proceeding from a ship and intended for the coast
passes through one or two shipboard stations, the charges shall
comprise, in addition to the rates of the shipboard station of
origin, the coastal station and the telegraph lines, the shipboard
rate of each of the ships which have participated in the
transmission.
2. The sender of a radiogram proceeding from the coast and intended
for a ship may require that his message be transmitted by way of one
or two stations on shipboard; he shall deposit for this purpose an
amount equal to the radio and telegraph rates and, in addition, a
sum to be fixed by the office of origin, as surety for the payment
to the intermediary shipboard stations of the transit rates fixed by
paragraph 1. He shall further pay, at his option, either the rate
for a telegram of five words or the price of the postage on a letter
to be sent by the coastal station to the office of origin giving the
necessary information for the liquidation of the amounts
deposited.
The radiogram shall then be accepted at the sender’s risk; it shall
show before the address the prepaid instruction, to wit: “X
retransmissions telegraph” or “X retransmissions letter” according
to whether the sender desired the information necessary for the
liquidation of the deposits to be furnished by telegraph or by
letter.
3. The rate for radiograms proceeding from a”ship intended for
another ship, and forwarded through one or two intermediary coastal
stations, shall comprise:
The shipboard rates of the two ships, the coastal rate of the coastal
station or two coastal stations, as the case may be, and the
telegraph rate, when necessary, applicable to the transmission
between the two coastal stations.
4. The rate for radiograms exchanged between ships without the
intervention of a coastal station shall comprise the shipboard rates
of the vessels of origin and destination together with the shipboard
rates of the intermediary stations.
5. The coastal and shipboard rates accruing to the stations of
transit shall be the same as those fixed for such stations when they
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origin or destination. In no case shall they be collected more than
once.
6. In the case of every coastal station acting as intermediary, the
rate to be collected for the service of transit shall be the highest
coastal rate applicable to direct communication with the two ships
concerned.
Article XVIII.
The country within whose territory a coastal station is established
which serves as intermediary for the exchange of radiograms between
a station on board ship and another country shall be considered, so
far as the application of telegraph rates is concerned, as the
country of origin or of destination of such radiograms, and not as
the country of transit.
5. COLLECTION OF CHARGES.
Article XIX.
The total charge for radiograms shall be collected of the sender,
with the exception of:
(1) Charges for special delivery (Art. LVIII, par. 1, of the
Telegraph Regulations); (2) Charges applicable to inadmissible
combinations or alterations of words noted by the office or station
of destination (Art. XIX, par. 9 of the Telegraph Regulations) such
charges being collected of the addressee.
Stations on shipboard shall to that end have the necessary tariffs.
They shall be at liberty, however, to obtain information from,
coastal stations on the subject of rates for radiograms for which
they do not possess all the necessary data.
2. The counting of words by the office of origin shall be conclusive
in the case of radiograms intended for ships and that of the
shipboard station of origin shall be conclusive in the case of
radiograms proceeding from ships, both for purposes of transmission
and of the international accounts. However, when the radiogram is
worded wholly or in part, either in one of the languages of the
country of destination, in the case of radiograms proceeding from
ships, or in one of the languages of the country to which the ship
is subject, in the case of radiograms intended for ships, and
contains combinations or alterations of words contrary to the usage
of such language, the bureau or shipboard station of destination, as
the case may be, shall have the right to recover from the addressee
the amount of charge not collected. In case of refusal to pay, the
radiogram may be withheld.
6. TRANSMISSION OF RADIOGRAMS.
(a) signals of transmission.
Article XX.
The signals to be employed are those of the Morse International
Code.
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Article XXI.
Ships in distress shall use the following signal:
• • • ─ ─ ─ • • •
repeated at brief intervals, followed by the
necessary particulars.
As soon as a station hears the signal of distress it shall cease all
correspondence and not resume it until after it has made sure that
the correspondence to which the call for assistance has given rise
is terminated.
Stations which hear a signal of distress shall conform to the
instructions given by the ship making such signal as regards the
order of the messages or their cessation.
In case the call letters of a particular station are added at the end
of the series of calls for assistance, the answer to the call shall
be incumbent upon that station alone unless such station fails to
reply. If the call for assistance does not specify any particular
station, every station hearing such call shall be bound to answer
it.
Article XXII.
For the purpose of giving or requesting information concerning the
radio service, stations shall make use of the signals contained in
the list appended to the present Regulations.
(b) order of transmission.
Article XXIII.
Between two stations radiograms of the same order shall be
transmitted one by one, by the two stations alternately, or in
series of several radiograms, as the coastal station may indicate,
provided the duration of the transmission of each series does not
exceed fifteen minutes.
(c) method of calling radio stations and transmission of
radiograms.
Article XXIV.
- 1.
- As a general rule, it shall be the shipboard station that
calls the coastal station whether it has radiograms to transmit
or not.
- 2.
- In waters where the radio traffic is very great (British
Channel, etc.), a coastal station should not, as a general rule,
be called by a shipboard station unless the former is within
normal range of the shipboard station and not until the distance
of the vessel from the coastal station is less than 75 per cent
of the normal range of the latter.
- 3.
- Before proceeding to call, the coastal station or the station
on shipboard shall adjust its receiving apparatus to its maximum
sensibility and make sure that no other correspondence is being
carried on within its radius of action; if it finds otherwise,
it shall wait for the first pause, unless it is convinced that
its call will not be [Page 1397]
likely to disturb the correspondence in progress. The same
applies in case the station desires to answer a call.
- 4.
- For calling, every station shall use the normal wave of the
station it wishes to call.
- 5.
- If in spite of these precautions the transmission of a
radiogram is impeded at any place, the call shall cease upon the
first request from a coastal station open to public
correspondence. The latter station shall in such case indicate
the approximate length of time it will be necessary to
wait.
- 6.
- The station on shipboard shall make known to every coastal
station to which it has signaled its presence the moment at
which it proposes to cease its operations and the probable
duration of the interruption.
Article XXV.
1. The call shall comprise the signal
─ • ─ • ─ ,
the call letters of the station called transmitted
three times, the word “from “(de) followed by the call letters of
the sending station transmitted three times.
2. The called station shall answer by making the signal
─ • ─ • ─ ,
followed by the call letters of the corresponding
station transmitted three times, the word “from,” its own call
letters, and the signal
─ • ─ .
3. Stations desiring to enter into communication with ships, without,
however, knowing the names of the ships within their radius of
action, may employ the signal (signal of inquiry). ─ • ─ ─ • ─ ─ • ─
The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 are likewise applicable to the
transmission of a signal of inquiry and to the answer to such
signal.
Article XXVI.
If a station called does not answer the call (Article XXV)
transmitted three times at intervals of two minutes, the call shall
not be resumed until after an interval of fifteen minutes, the
station issuing the call having first made sure of the fact that no
radio correspondence is in progress.
Article XXVII.
Every station which has occasion to transmit a radiogram requiring
the use of high power shall first send out three times the signal of
warning ─ ─ • • ─ ─ , with the minimum of power necessary to reach
the neighboring stations. It shall not begin to transmit with high
power until 30 seconds after sending the signal of warning.
Article XXVIII.
1. As soon as the coastal station has answered, the shipboard station
shall furnish it with the following data in case it has messages [Page 1398] to transmit; such data
shall likewise be furnished upon request from the coastal station:
- (a)
- The approximate distance, in nautical miles, of the vessel
from the coastal station;
- (b)
- The position of the vessel indicated in a concise form and
adapted to the circumstances of the case;
- (c)
- Her next port of call;
- (d)
- The number of radiograms, if they are of normal length, or
the number of words, if the messages are unusually
long.
The speed of the ship in nautical miles shall also be given if
specially requested by the coastal station.
2. The coastal station shall answer stating, as provided in paragraph
1, either the number of radiograms or the number of words to be
transmitted to the ship, and also the order of transmission.
3. If the transmission can not take place immediately, the coastal
station shall inform the station on shipboard of the approximate
length of time that it will be necessary to wait.
4. If a shipboard station called can not receive for the moment, it
shall inform the station calling of the approximate length of time
that it will be necessary to wait.
5. In the exchange of messages between two stations on shipboard, it
shall fall to the station called to fix the order of
transmission.
Article XXIX.
When a coastal station receives calls from several shipboard
stations, it shall decide the order in which such stations shall be
admitted to exchange their messages.
In fixing this order the coastal station shall be guided exclusively
by the necessity of permitting each station concerned to exchange
the greatest possible number of radiograms.
Article XXX.
Before beginning the exchange of correspondence the coastal station
shall advise the shipboard station whether the transmission is to be
effected in the alternate order or by series (Article XXIII); it
shall then begin the transmission or follow up the preliminaries
with the signal
─ • ─
Article XXXI.
The transmission of the radiogram shall be preceded by the signal
─ • ─ • ─
and terminated by the signal
• ─ • ─ •
followed by the name of the sending station and by
the signal
─ • ─
In the case of a series of radiograms, the name of the sending
station and the signal ─ • ─ shall only be given at the end of the
series.
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Article XXXII.
When a radiogram to be transmitted contains more than 40 words, the
sending station shall interrupt the transmission by the signal • • ─
─ • • after each series of about 20 words and shall not resume it
until after it has obtained from the receiving station a repetition
of the last word duly received, followed by the said signal, or, if
the reception is good, by the signal • ─ • .
In the case of transmission by series, acknowledgment of receipt
shall be made after each radiogram.
Coastal stations engaged in the transmission of long radiograms shall
suspend the transmission at the end of each period of 15 minutes,
and remain silent for a period of three minutes before resuming the
transmission.
Coastal and shipboard stations working under the conditions specified
in Article XXXV, par. 2, shall suspend work at the end of eacK
period of 15 minutes and listen in with a wave length of 600 meters
during a period of three minutes before resuming the
transmission.
Article XXXIII.
1. When the signals become doubtful every possible means shall be
resorted to to finish the transmission. To this end the radiogram
shall be transmitted three times at most at the request of the
receiving station. If in spite of such triple repetition the signals
are still unreadable the radiogram shall be cancelled.
If no acknowledgment of receipt is received the transmitting station
shall again call up the receiving station. If no reply is made after
three calls the transmission shall not be followed up any further.
In such case the sending station shall have the privilege of
obtaining the acknowledgment of receipt through the medium of
another radio station, using, when necessary, the lines of the
telegraph system.
2. If in the opinion of the receiving station the radiogram, although
imperfectly received, is nevertheless capable of transmission, said
station shall enter the words “reception doubtful “at the end of the
preamble and let the radiogram follow. In such case the management
of the radio service of the country to which the coastal station is
subject shall claim the charges in conformity with Article XLII of
the present Regulations. If, however, the shipboard station
subsequently transmits the radiogram to another coastal station of
the same management, the latter can claim only the rates applicable
to a single transmission.
(d) acknowledgment of receipt and conclusion of work.
Article XXXIV.
- 1.
- Receipt shall be acknowledged in the form prescribed by the
International Telegraph Regulations; it shall be preceded by the
call letters of the transmitting station and followed by those
of the receiving station.
- 2.
- The conclusion of a correspondence between two stations shah
be indicated by each of the two stations by means of the
signal
• • • ─ • ─
followed by its own call letters.
(e) directions to be followed in sending radiograms.
Article XXXV.
1. In general, the shipboard stations shall transmit their radiograms
to the nearest coastal station.
Nevertheless, if a shipboard station has the choice between several
coastal stations at equal or nearly equal distances, it shall give
the preference to the one established on the territory of the
country of destination or normal transit for its radiograms.
2. A sender on board a vessel shall, however, have the right to
designate the coastal station through which he desires to have his
radiogram transmitted. The station on shipboard shall then wait
until such coastal station shall be the nearest.
In exceptional cases transmission may be made to a more distant
coastal station, provided that:
- (a)
- The radiogram is intended for the country in which such
coastal station is situated and emanates from a ship subject
to that country,;
- (b)
- Both stations use for calling and transmission a wave
length of 1,800 meters;
- (c)
- Transmission with this wave length does not interfere with
a transmission made by means of the same wave length by a
nearer coastal station;
- (d)
- The station on shipboard is more than 50 nautical miles
distant from any coastal station given in the list. The
distance of 50 miles may be reduced to 25 miles provided the
maximum power at the terminals of the generator does not
exceed 5 kilowatts and that the stations on shipboard are
established in conformity with Articles VII and VIII. This
reduction in the distance shall not be admissible in the
seas, bays or gulfs of which the shores belong to one
country only and of which the opening to the high sea is
less than 100 miles wide.
7. DELIVERY OF RADIOGRAMS AT THEIR DESTINATION.
Article XXXVI.
When for any cause whatever a radiogram proceeding from a vessel at
sea and intended for the coast can not be delivered to the
addressee, a notice of nondelivery shall be issued. Such notice
shall be transmitted to the coastal station which received the
original radiogram. The latter, after verifying the address, shall
forward the notice to the ship, if possible, by the intervention, if
need be, of another coastal station of the same country or of a
neighboring country.
When a radiogram received by a shipboard station can not be
delivered, the station shall notify the office of the origin by
official [Page 1401] notice. In the
case of radiograms emanating from the coast, such notice shall be
transmitted, whenever practicable, to the coastal station through
which the radiogram has passed in transit; otherwise, to another
coastal station of the same country or of a neighboring country.
Article XXXVII.
If the ship for which a radiogram is intended has not signalled her
presence to the coastal station within the period designated by the
sender, or, in the absence of such designation, by the morning of
the 8th day following, the coastal station shall so notify the
office of origin which shall in turn inform the sender.
The latter shall have the right to ask, by a paid official notice,
sent by either telegraph or mail and addressed to the coastal
station, that his radiogram be held for a further period of 9 days
for transmission to the vessel, and so on. In the absence of such
request, the radiogram shall be put aside as not transmissible at
the end of the 9th day (exclusive of the day of posting).
Nevertheless, if the coastal station is certain that the vessel has
left its radius of action before it has been able to transmit the
radiogram to her, such station shall immediately so notify the
office of origin which shall without delay inform the sender of the
cancellation of the message. The sender may, however, by a paid
official notice, request the coastal station to transmit the
radiogram the next time the vessel shall pass.
8. SPECIAL RADIOGRAMS.
Article XXXVIII.
The following radiograms only shall be accepted for transmission:
(1) Radiograms with answer prepaid. Such radiograms shall show before
the address the indication “Answer prepaid “or “BP” supplemented by
a statement of the amount paid in advance for the answer, thus:
“Réponse Payée fr. X”, “R P fr. x”;
The reply voucher issued by a station on shipboard shall carry with
it the right to send, within the limits of its value, a radiogram to
any destination whatever from the station on shipboard which has
issued such voucher.
(2) Radiograms calling for repetition of message (for purposes of
verification);
(3) Special delivery radiograms. Only, however, in cases where the
amount of the charges for special delivery is collected of the
addressee. Countries which can not accept such radiograms shall make
a declaration to this effect to the International Bureau. Special
delivery radiograms with charges collected of the sender may be
accepted when they are intended for the country within whose
territory the corresponding station is located.
(4) Radiograms to be delivered by mail;
(5) Multiple radiograms;
(6) Radiograms calling for acknowledgment of receipt. But only as
regards notification of the date and hour at which the coastal
station [Page 1402] shall have
transmitted to the station on shipboard the radiogram addressed to
the latter.
(7) Paid service notices. Except those requesting a repetition or
information. Nevertheless all paid service notices shall be accepted
in transmission over the telegraph lines.
(8) Urgent radiograms. But only in transmission over the telegraph
lines and subject to the application of the International Telegraph
Regulations.
Article XXXIX.
Radiograms may be transmitted by a coastal station to a ship, or by a
ship to another ship, with a view to being forwarded by mail from a
port of call of the ship receiving the radiogram.
Such radiograms shall not be entitled to any radio retransmission
The address of such radiogram shall embrace the following:
- (1)
- The paid designation “mail” followed by the name of the
port at which the radiogram is to be mailed;
- (2)
- The name and complete address of the addressee;
- (3)
- The name of the station on shipboard by which the
radiogram is to be mailed;
- (4)
- When necessary, the name of the coastal station.
Example: Mail Buenosaires 14 Calle Prat Valparaiso Avon Lizard.
The rate shall comprise, in addition to the radio and telegraph
rates, a sum of 25 centimes (.048 [4.8] cents) for the postage on
the radiogram.
9. FILES.
Article XL.
The originals of radiograms together with the documents relating
thereto retained by the managements of the radio service shall be
kept, with all the necessary precautions as regards secrecy, for a
period of at least fifteen months beginning with the month following
that of the posting of the radiogram.
Such originals and documents shall, as far as practicable, be sent at
least once a month by the shipboard stations to the management of
the radio service to which they are subject.
10. REBATES AND REIMBURSEMENTS.
Article XLI.
1. With regard to rebates and reimbursements, the International
Telegraph Regulations shall be applicable, taking into account the
restrictions specified in Articles XXXVIII and XXXIX of the present
Regulations and subject to the following reservations:
The time employed in the transmission of radiograms and the time that
radiograms remain in a coastal station in the case of radiograms
intended for ships, or in the station on shipboard in the case of
radiograms proceeding from ships, shall not be counted as delays as
regards rebates or reimbursements.
If the coastal station notifies the office of origin that a radiogram
can not be transmitted to the ship addressed, the management of the
[Page 1403] radio service of the
country of origin shall immediately instigate reimbursement to the
sender of the coastal and shipboard rates relating to the radiogram.
In such case, the refunded charges shall not enter into the accounts
provided for by Article XLII, but the radiogram shall be mentioned
therein as a memorandum.
Reimbursements shall be borne by the different managements of the
radio service and private enterprises which have taken part in the
transmission of the radiogram, each management or private enterprise
relinquishing its share of the rate. Radiograms to which Articles 7
and 8 of the Convention of St. Petersburg are applicable shall
remain subject, however, to the provisions of the International
Telegraph Regulations, except when the acceptance of such radiograms
is the result of an error made by the telegraph service.
2. When the acknowledgment of receipt of a radiogram has not reached
the station which has transmitted the message, the charges shall be
refunded only if the fact has been established that the radiogram is
entitled to reimbursement.
11. ACCOUNTS AND PAYMENT OF CHARGES.
Article XLII.
1. The coastal and shipboard charges shall not enter into the
accounts provided for by the International Telegraph
Regulations.
The accounts regarding such charges shall be liquidated by the
managements of the radio service of the countries concerned. They
shall be drawn up by the radio managements to which the coastal
stations are subject, and communicated by them to the radio
managements concerned. In cases where the working of the coastal
stations is independent of the management of the radio service of
the country, the party working such stations may be substituted, as
regards the accounts, for the radio management of such country.
2. For transmission over the telegraph lines radiograms shall be
treated, so far as the payment of rates is concerned, in conformity
with the International Telegraph Regulations.
3. For radiograms proceeding from ships, the radio management to
which the coastal station, is subject shall charge the radio
management to which the shipboard station of origin is subject with
the coastal and ordinary telegraph rates, the total charges
collected for answers prepaid, the coastal and telegraph rates
collected for repetition of message (for purposes of verification),
charges relating to special delivery (in the case provided for in
Article XXXVIII), or delivery by mail, and those collected for
additional copies (TM). The radio management to which the coastal
station is subject shall credit, when the case arises, through the
channel of the telegraph accounts and through the medium of the
offices which have participated in the transmission of the
radiograms, the radio management to which the office of destination
is subject with the total charges relating to answers prepaid. With
respect to the telegraph rates and the charges relating to special
delivery or delivery by mail, and to additional copies, the
procedure shall be as prescribed in the Telegraph Regulations, the
coastal station being considered as the telegraph office of
origin.
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For radiograms intended for a country lying beyond the country to
which the coastal station belongs, the telegraph charges to be
liquidated in conformity with the above provisions shall be those
which result either from tables “A” and “B “annexed to the
International Telegraph Regulations, or from special arrangements
concluded between the radio managements of adjacent countries and
published by such managements, and not the charges which might be
collected in accordance with the special provisions of Articles
XXIII, par. 1, and XXVII, par. 1, of the Telegraph Regulations.
For radiograms and paid service notices intended for ships, the radio
management to which the office of origin is subject shall be charged
directly by that to which the coastal station is subject with the
coastal and shipboard rates. However, the total charges relating to
answers prepaid shall be credited, if there is occasion, from
country to country, through the channel of the telegraph accounts,
until they reach the radio management to which the coastal station
is subject. As regards the telegraph charges and the charges
relating to delivery by mail and additional copies, the procedure
shall be as prescribed in the Telegraph Regulations. The radio
management to which the coastal station is subject shall credit that
to which the ship of destination is subject with the shipboard rate,
if there is occasion, with the rates accruing to the intermediary
shipboard stations, the total charge collected for answers prepaid,
the shipboard rates for repetition of message (for purposes of
verification), and the charges collected for the preparation of
additional copies and for delivery by mail.
Paid service notices and answers prepaid shall be treated in the
radio accounts in all respects the same as other radiograms.
For radiograms transmitted by means of one or two intermediary
stations on shipboard, each one of such stations shall charge the
shipboard station of origin, in the case of a radiogram proceeding
from a ship, or that of destination, in the case of a radiogram
intended for a ship, with the shipboard rate accruing to it for
transit.
4. In general, the liquidation of accounts relating to correspondence
between stations on shipboard shall be effected directly between the
companies working such stations, the station of origin being charged
by the station of destination.
5. The monthly accounts serving as a basis for the special accounts
of radiograms shall be made out for each radiogram separately with
all the necessary data within a period of six months from the month
to which they refer.
6. The Governments reserve the right to enter into special agreements
among themselves and with private companies (parties operating radio
stations, shipping companies, etc.) with a view of adopting other
provisions with regard to accounts.
12. INTERNATIONAL BUREAU.
Article XLIII.
The additional expenses resulting from the work of the International
Bureau so far as radio telegraphy is concerned shall not [Page 1405] exceed 80,000 francs a
year, exclusive of the special expenses arising from the convening
of the International Conference.
The managements of the radio service of the contracting states shall,
so far as contribution to the expenses is concerned, be divided into
six classes, as follows:
1st Class:
Union of South Africa; Germany; United States of America; Alaska;
Hawaii and the other American possessions in Polynesia; Philippine
Islands; Porto Rico and the American possessions in the Antilles;
Panama Canal Zone; Argentine Republic; Australia; Austria; Brazil;
Canada; France; Great Britain; Hungary; British India,; Italy;
Japan; New Zealand; Russia; Turkey.
2nd Class:
Spain.
3rd Class:
Russian Central Asia (littoral of the Caspian Sea); Belgium; Chile;
Chosen, Formosa, Japanese Sakhalin and the leased territory of
Kwantung; Dutch Indies; Norway; Netherlands; Portugal; Roumania;
Western Siberia (littoral of the Arctic Ocean); Eastern Siberia
(littoral of the Pacific Ocean;) Sweden.
4th Class:
German East Africa; German Southwest Africa; Kamerun; Togo Land;
German Protectorates in the Pacific; Denmark; Egypt; Indo-China;
Mexico; Siam; Uruguay.
5th Class:
French West Africa; Bosnia-Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Greece; Madagascar;
Tunis.
6th Class:
French Equatorial Africa; Portuguese West Africa; Portuguese East
Africa and the Portuguese possessions in Asia; Bokhara; Belgian
Congo; Colony of Curasao; Spanish Colony of the Gulf of Guinea;
Eritrea; Khiva; Morocco; Monaco; Persia; San Marino; Italian
Somaliland.
Article XLIV.
The management of the radio service of the different countries shall
forward to the International Bureau a table in conformity with the
annexed blank, containing the data enumerated in said table for
stations such as referred to in Article V of the Regulations.
Changes occurring and additional data shall be forwarded by the
radio managements to the International Bureau between the 1st and
10th day of each month. With the aid of such data the International
Bureau shall draw up the list provided for in Article V. The list
shall be distributed to the radio managements concerned. The list
and the supplements thereto may also be sold to the public at the
cost price.
The International Bureau shall see to it that the same call letters
for several radio stations shall not be adopted.
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13. METEOROLOGICAL RADIOGRAMS,
TIME SIGNALS AND OTHER RADIOGRAMS.
Article XLV.
- 1.
- The managements of the radio service shall take the necessary
steps to supply their coastal stations with meteorological
radiograms containing indications concerning the district of
such, stations. Such radiograms, the text of which shall not
exceed 20 words, shall be transmitted to ships upon request. The
rate for such meteorological radiograms shall be carried to the
account of the ships to which they are addressed.
- 2.
- Meteorological observations made by certain vessels designated
for this purpose by the country to which they are subject, may
be transmitted once a day, as paid service notices, to the
coastal stations authorized to receive the same by the
managements concerned, who shall likewise designate the
meteorological offices to which such observations shall be
addressed by the coastal stations.
- 3.
- Time signals and meteorological radiograms shall be
transmitted one after the other in such a way that the total
time occupied in their transmission shall not exceed ten
minutes. As a general rule, all radio stations whose
transmissions might interfere with the reception of such signals
and radiograms, shall remain silent during their transmission in
order that all stations desiring it maybe able to receive the
same. Exception shall be made in cases of distress calls and of
state telegrams.
- 4.
- The managements of the radio service shall give to agencies of
maritime information such data regarding losses and casualties
at sea or other information of general interest to navigation,
as the coastal stations may properly report.
14. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
Article XLVI.
The exchange of correspondence between shipboard stations shall be
carried on in such a manner as not to interfere with the service of
the coastal stations, the latter, as a general rule, being accorded
the right of priority for the public service.
Article XLVII.
Coastal stations and stations on shipboard shall not be bound to
participate in the retransmission of radiograms except in cases
where direct communication cannot be established between the
stations of origin and destination.
The number of such retransmissions shall, however, be limited to
two.
In the case of radiograms intended for the coast, retransmission
shall take place only for the purpose of reaching the nearest
coastal station.
Retransmission shall in every case be subject to the condition that
the intermediate station which receives the radiogram in transit is
in a position to forward it.
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Article XLVIII.
If the route of a radiogram is partly over telegraph lines, or
through radio stations subject to a non-contracting Government, such
radiograms may be transmitted provided the management of the radio
service to which such lines or stations are subject have declared
that, if the occasion should arise, they will comply with such
provisions of the Convention and of the Regulations as are
indispensible to the regular transmission of radiograms and that the
payment of charges is insured. Such declaration shall be made to the
International Bureau and communicated to the offices of the
Telegraph Union.
Article XLIX.
Modifications of the present regulations which may be rendered
necessary in consequence of the decisions of subsequent Telegraph
Conferences shall go into effect on the date fixed for the
application of the provisions adopted by each one of such
conferences.
Article L.
The provisions of the International Telegraph Regulations shall be
applicable analogously to radio correspondence in so far as they are
not contrary to the provisions of the present regulations. The
following provisions of the Telegraph Regulations, in particular,
shall be applicable to radio correspondence: Article XXVII,
paragraphs 3 to 6, relating to the collection of charges; Articles
XXVI and XLI relating to the indication of the route to be followed;
Article LXXV, paragraph 1, LXXVIII, paragraphs 2 to 4, and LXXIX,
paragraphs 2 and 4, relating to the preparation of accounts.
However:—(1) The period of six months provided by paragraph 2 of
Article LXXIX of the Telegraph Regulations for the verification of
accounts shall be extended to nine months in the case of radiograms;
(2) The provisions of Article XVI, paragraph 2, shall not be
considered as authorizing gratuitous transmission, through radio
stations, of service telegrams relating exclusively to the telegraph
service, nor the free transmission over the telegraph lines of
service telegrams relating exclusively to the radio service; (3) The
provisions of Article LXXIX, paragraphs 3 and 5, shall not be
applicable to radio accounts. As regards the application of the
provisions of the Telegraph Regulations, coastal stations shall be
considered as offices of transit except when the Radio Regulations
expressly stipulate that such stations shall be considered as
offices of origin or of destination.
In conformity with Article 11 of the Convention of London,1 the present Regulations shall
go into effect on the first day of July, 1913.
In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed one
copy of these Regulations, which shall be deposited in the [Page 1408] archives of the British
Government, and a copy of which shall be transmitted to each of the
Parties.
For Germany and the German Protectorates:
-
B. Koehler
-
O. Wachenfeld
- Dr. Karl Strecker
-
Schrader
-
Goetsch
-
Dr. Emil Krauss
-
Fielitz
For the United States and the possessions of the United States:
-
John R. Edwards
-
Jno. Q. Walton
-
Willis L. Moore
-
Louis W. Austin
-
George Owen Squier
-
Edgar Russel
-
C. McK. Saltzman
-
David Wooster Todd
-
John Hays Hammond, Jr.
-
Webster
-
W. D. Terrell John
-
I. Waterbury
For Argentine Republic:
For Austria:
-
Dr. Fritz Bitter Wagner von
Jauregg
-
Dr. Rudolph Bitter Speil v.
Ostheim
For Hungary:
-
Charles Follért
-
Dr. de Hennyey
For Bosnia-Herzegovina:
-
H. Goiginger, G. M.
-
Adolf Daninger
-
A. Cicoli
-
Romeo Vio
For Belgium:
For Belgian Congo:
For Brazil:
For Bulgaria:
For Chile:
For Denmark:
-
N. Meyer
-
J. A. Vöhtz
-
R. N. A. Faber
-
T. F. Krarup
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For Egypt:
For Spain and the Spanish Colonies:
-
Jacobo Garcia Roure
-
Juan de Carranza y Garrido
-
Jacinto Labrador
-
Antonio Nieto
-
Tomás Fernandez Quintana
-
Jaime Janer Robinson
For France and Algeria:
For French West Africa:
For French Equatorial Africa:
For Indo-China:
For Madagascar:
For Tunis:
For Great Britain and the various British Colonies and Protectorates:
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H. Babington Smith
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E. W. Farnall
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E. Charlton
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G. M. W. Macdonogh.
For Union of South Africa:
For Australian Federation:
For Canada:
For British India:
For New Zealand:
For Greece:
For Italy and the Italian Colonies:
For Japan and for Chosen, Formosa, Japanese Sakhalin, and the leased
territory of Kwantung:
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Tetsujiro Sakano
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Kenji Ide
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Riuji Nakayama
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Seiichi Kurose
For Morocco:
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Mohammed el Kabadj
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U. Asensio
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For Monaco:
For Norway:
For Netherlands:
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G. J. C. A. Pop
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J. P Guépin
For Dutch Indies and the Colony of Curacao:
For Persia:
For Portugal and the Portuguese Colonies:
For Roumania:
For Russia and the Russian possessions and Protectorates:
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N. de Etter
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P. Ossadtchy
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A. Euler
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Sergueievitch
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V. Dmitrieff
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D. sokoltsow
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A. Stchastnyi
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Baron A. Wyneken.
For Republic of San Marino:
For Siam:
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Luang Sanpakitch Preecha
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Wm. J. Archer
For Sweden:
For Turkey:
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M. Emin
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M. Fahry
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Osman Sadi
For Uruguay:
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SUPPLEMENT TO ARTICLE XLIV OE THE REGULATIONS.
Radio Management of ——————. Service Particulars of
Radio Stations.
(a) COASTAL STATIONS.
| Name. |
Nationality |
Geographical location: E. East longitude. O. West
longitude. N. North latitude. S. South latitude. Territorial
subdivisions. |
Call letters. |
Normal range in nautical miles. |
Radio system with the characteristics of the transmitting
system. |
Wave lengths in meters (the normal wave length to be
underscored.) |
Nature of service furnished. |
Hours during which station is open (local standard
time). |
Costal rate, per word infrancs, minimum rate per
radiogram, in francs. |
Remarks. (When necessary hour and manner of sending time
signals and meteorological radiograms.) |
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(b) SHIPBOARD STATIONS.
| Name. |
Nationality |
Call letters |
Normal range in nautical miles. |
Radio system with the characteristics of the transmitting
system. |
Wave lengths in meters. |
Nature of service furnished. |
Hours during which the station is open. |
Shipboard rate per word in francs, minimum rate per
radiogram in francs (1) Ware vessels (2) Merchant
vessels. |
Remarks. (When necessary name and address of the party
working the stations. |
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SUPPLEMENT TO ARTICLE XXII OF THE REGULATIONS.
List of Abbreviations to be used in Radio
Communications.
| Abbreviation. |
Question. |
Answer or Notice. |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
| ─ • ─ • ─ ─ • ─ |
(C Q). |
Signal of enquiry made by a station desiring to
communicate. |
| ─ • ─ • |
(T R). |
Signal announcing the sending of particulars
concerning a station on shipboard (Art. XXII). |
| ─ ─ • • ─ ─ |
(!). . . . . |
Signal indicating that a station is about to send at
high power. |
| PRB |
Do you wish to communicate by means of the
International Signal Code? |
I wish to communicate by means of tho International
Signal Code. |
| QRA |
What ship or coast station is that? |
This is . . . . . |
| QRB |
What is your distance? |
My distance is . . . . . |
| QRC |
What is your true bearing? |
My true bearing is . . . . . degrees. |
| QRD |
Where are you bound for? |
I am bound for . . . . . |
| QRF |
Where are you bound from? |
I am bound from . . . . . |
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| QRG |
What line do you belong to? |
I belong to the . . . . . Line. |
| QRH |
What is your wave length in meters? |
My wave length is . . . . . meters. |
| QRJ |
How many words have you to send? |
I have . . . . . words to send. |
| QRK |
How do you receive me? |
I am receiving well. |
| QRL |
Are you receiving badly? Shall I send 20. |
I am receiving badly. Please send 20. |
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• • • ─ •
for adjustment? |
• • • ─ •
for adjustment. |
| QRM |
Are you being interfered with? |
I am being interfered with. |
| QRN |
Are the atmospherics strong? |
Atmospherics are very strong. |
| QRO |
Shall I increase power? |
Increase power. |
| QRP |
Shall I decrease power? |
Decrease power. |
| QRQ |
Shall I send faster? |
Send faster. |
| QRS |
Shall I send slower? |
Send slower. |
| QRT |
Shall I stop sending? |
Stop sending. |
| QRU |
Have you anything for me? |
I have nothing for you. |
| QRV |
Are you ready? |
I am ready. All right now. |
| QRW |
Are you busy? |
I am busy (or. I am busy with . . . . .). Pleas do not
interfere. |
| QRX |
Shall I stand by? |
Stand by. I will call you when required. |
| QRY |
When will be my turn? |
Your turn will be No. . . . . . |
| ORZ |
Are my signals weak? |
Your signals are weak. |
| QSA |
Are my signals strong? |
Your signals are strong. |
| QSB |
{Is my tone bad?
Is my spark bad? |
The tone is bad.
The spark is bad. |
| QSC |
Is my spacing bad? |
Your spacing is bad. |
| QSD |
What is your time? |
My time is . . . . . |
| QSF |
Is transmission to be in alternate order or in
series? |
Transmission will be in alternate order. |
| QSG |
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Transmission will be in series of 5 messages. |
| QSH |
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Transmission will be in series of 10 messages. |
| QSJ |
What rate shall I collect for . . . . .? |
Collect . . . . . |
| QSK |
Is the last radiogram cancelled? |
The last radiogram is cancelled. |
| QSL |
Did you get my receipt? |
Please acknowledge. |
| QSM |
What is your true course? |
My true course is . . . . . degrees. |
| QSN |
Are you in communication with land? |
I am not in communication with land. |
| QSO |
Are you in communication with any ship or station (or:
with . . . . .)? |
I am in communication with (through . . . . .) |
| QSP |
Shall I inform . . . . . that you are calling
him? |
Inform . . . . . that I am calling him. |
| QSQ |
Is . . . . . calling me? |
You are being called by . . . . . |
| QSR |
Will you forward the radiogram? |
I will forward the radiogram. |
| QST |
Have you received the general call? |
General call to all stations. |
| QSU |
Please call me when you have finished (or: at . .
o’clock)? |
Will call when I have finished. |
| QSV |
Is public correspondence being handled? |
Public correspondence is being handled. Pleas do not
interfere. |
| QSW |
Shall I increase my spark frequency? |
Increase your spark frequency. |
| QSY |
Shall I send on a wave length of . . . . .
meters? |
Let us change to the wave length of . . . . .
meters. |
| QSX |
Shall I decrease my spark frequency? |
Decrease your spark frequency. |
Public correspondence is any radio work, official or private, bandied
on commercial wave lengths.
When an abbreviation is followed by a mark of interrogation, it
refers to the question indicated for that abbreviation.
examples.
| Stations. |
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| A |
Q R A? |
What is the name of your station? |
| B |
Q R A Campania |
This is the Campania. |
| A |
Q R G? |
To what line do you belong? |
| B |
Q R G Cunard Q R Z |
I belong to the Cunard Line. Your signals are weak. |
Station A then increases the power of its transmitter and sends:
| A |
Q R K? |
How are you receiving? |
| B |
Q R K |
I am receiving well. |
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Q R B 80 |
The distance between our stations is 80 nautical
miles. |
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Q R C 62 |
My true bearing is 62 degrees, etc. |
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Certifié conforme à 1’original déposé aux archives du Ministère des
Affaires Étrangères de Sa Majesté Britannique.
Eyre A. Crowe
Sous-Secrétaire d’État pour les Affaires
Etrangères. Londres, le 20 septembre, 1912.
And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified by the
Government of the United States of America, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by Belgium (and
the Belgian Congo), Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Great Britain,
Italy, Monaco, Netherlands, the Netherlands Indies, and the
Colony of Curasao, Roumania, Russia, Siam, and Spain, and the
ratifications of the said Governments were, by the provisions of
Article 23 of the said Convention, deposited by their respective
Plenipotentiaries with the Government of Great Britain.
And whereas the Senate of the United States gave its advice and
consent to the ratification of the said Convention with the
following understanding: “that nothing in the Ninth Article of
the Regulations affixed to the Convention shall be deemed to
exclude the United States from the execution of her inspection
laws upon vessels entering in or clearing from her ports.”
Now therefore, be it known that I, Woodrow Wilson, President of
the United States of America, have caused the said Convention
and annexes to be made public, to the end that the same and
every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled
with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof,
subject to the said understanding.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be affixed.
[seal.]
Done at the City of Washington this
eighth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and thirteen, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the one hundred and
thirty-eighth.
Woodrow Wilson
By the President:
W. J. Bryan
Secretary of State.
