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FCC Bureau Extends Waiver for Maritime Rescue Device

The FCC Wireless Bureau extended until June 30 a temporary waiver of parts of FCC Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services rules for Ocean Signal's rescueME MOB1 maritime survivor locating device. The waiver, granted in January (see 1801170027), was to…

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expire Friday. The devices are “intended for use by persons at risk of falling into the water such as mariners and workers on marine installations or docks, or by divers returning to the surface out of sight of their dive boats” but who don’t meet the technical requirements for emergency position-indicating radio beacons, the bureau said.