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SUBPART B - STATION OPERATION STANDARDS



97.101  General standards.

     (a) In all respects not specifically covered by FCC Rules each
amateur station must be operated in accordance with good
engineering and good amateur practice.
     (b) Each station licensee and each control operator must
cooperate in selecting transmitting channels and in making the most
effective use of the amateur service frequencies.  No frequency
will be assigned for the exclusive use of any station.
     (c) At all times and on all frequencies, each control operator
must give priority to stations providing emergency communications,
except to stations transmitting communications for training drills
and tests in RACES.
     (d) No amateur operator shall willfully or maliciously
interfere with or cause interference to any radio communication or
signal.



97.103  Station licensee responsibilities.

     (a) The station licensee is responsible for the proper
operation of the station in accordance with the FCC rules.  When
the control operator is a different amateur operator than the
station licensee, both persons are equally responsible for proper
operation of the station.
     (b) The station licensee must designate the station control
operator.  The FCC will presume that the station licensee is also
the control operator, unless documentation to the contrary is in
the station records.
     (c) The station licensee must make the station and the station
records available for inspection upon request by an FCC
representative.  When deemed necessary by an EIC to assure
compliance with FCC Rules, the station licensee must maintain a
record of station operations containing such items of information
as the EIC may require in accord with Section 0.314(x) of the FCC
Rules.



97.105  Control operator duties.

     (a) The control operator must ensure the immediate proper
operation of the station, regardless of the type of control.
     (b) A station may only be operated in the manner and to the
extent permitted by the privileges authorized for the class of
operator license held by the control operator.



97.107  Alien control operator privileges.

     (a) The privileges available to a control operator holding an
amateur service license issued by the Government of Canada are:
          (1) The terms of the "Convention Between the United
States and Canada (TIAS No. 2508) Relating to the Operation by
Citizens of Either Country of Certain Radio Equipment or Stations
in the Other Country;"
          (2) The operating terms and conditions of the amateur
service license issued by the Government of Canada; and
          (3) The applicable provisions of the FCC rules, but not
to exceed the control operator privileges of an FCC-issued Amateur
Extra Class operator license.
     (b) The privileges available to a control operator holding an
FCC-issued reciprocal permit for alien amateur licensee are:
          (1) The terms of the agreement between the alien's
government and the United States;
          (2) The operating terms and conditions of the amateur
service license issued by the alien's government;
          (3) The applicable provisions of the FCC rules, but not
to exceed the control operator privileges of an FCC-issued Amateur
Extra Class operator license; and
          (4) None, if the holder of the reciprocal permit has
obtained an FCC-issued operator/primary station license.
     (c) At any time the FCC may, at its discretion, modify,
suspend, or cancel the amateur service privileges within or over
any area where radio services are regulated by the FCC of any
Canadian amateur service licensee or alien reciprocal permittee.



97.109  Station control.

     (a) Each amateur station must have at least one control point.
     (b) When a station is being locally controlled, the control
operator must be at the control point.  Any station may be locally
controlled.
     (c) When a station is being automatically controlled, the
control operator need not be at the control point.  Only stations
transmitting RTTY or data emissions on the 6 m or shorter
wavelength bands, and stations specifically designated elsewhere
in this Part may be automatically controlled.  Automatic control
must cease upon notification by an EIC that the station is
transmitting improperly or causing harmful interference to other
stations.  Automatic control must not be resumed without prior
approval of the EIC.
     (d) No station may be automatically controlled while
transmitting third-party communications, except a station
retransmitting digital packet radio communications on the 6 m and
shorter wavelength bands.  Such stations must be using the
American Radio Relay League, Inc. "AX.25 Amateur Packet-Radio
Link-Layer Protocol, Version 2.0," October 1984 (or compatible)
which is available from the American Radio Relay League, Inc.,
225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111. The retransmitted messages must
originate at a station that is being locally or remotely
controlled.



97.111  Authorized transmissions.

     (a) An amateur station may transmit the following types of
two-way communications:
          (1) Transmissions necessary to exchange messages with
other stations in the amateur service, except with those in any
country whose administration has given notice that it objects to
such communications.  The FCC will issue public notices of current
arrangements for international communications;
          (2) Transmissions necessary to exchange messages with a
station in another FCC-regulated service while providing emergency
communications;
          (3) Transmissions necessary to exchange messages with a
United States government station, necessary to providing
communications in RACES; and
          (4) Transmissions necessary to exchange messages with a
service not regulated by the FCC, but authorized by the FCC to
communicate with amateur stations.  An amateur station may exchange
messages with a participating United States military station during
an Armed Forces Day Communications Test.
     (b) In addition to one-way transmissions specifically
authorized elsewhere in this Part, an amateur station may transmit
the following types of one-way communications:
          (1) Brief transmissions necessary to make adjustments to
the station;
          (2) Brief transmissions necessary to establishing a
two-way communications with other stations;
          (3) Telecommand;
          (4) Transmissions necessary to providing emergency
communications;
          (5) Transmissions necessary to assisting persons
learning, or improving proficiency in, the international Morse code;
          (6) Transmissions necessary to disseminate information
bulletins;
          (7) Transmissions of telemetry.


97.113  Prohibited transmissions.

     (a) No amateur station shall transmit any communication the
purpose of which is to facilitate the business or commercial
affairs of any party.  No station shall transmit communications as
an alternative to other authorized radio services, except as
necessary to providing emergency communications.  A station may,
however, transmit communications to:
          (1) Facilitate the public's safe observation of, or safe
participation in, a parade, race, marathon or similar public
gathering.  No amateur station shall transmit communications
concerning moving, supplying and quartering observers and
participants for any sponsoring organization unless the principal
beneficiary of such communications is the public and any benefit
to the sponsoring organization is incidental.
          (2) Inform other amateur operators of the availability
of apparatus normally used in an amateur station, including such
apparatus for sale or trade.  This exception is not authorized to
any person seeking to derive a profit by buying or selling such
apparatus on a regular basis.
     (b) No amateur station shall transmit messages for hire, nor
for material compensation, direct or indirect, paid or promised.
The control operator of a club station, however, may accept
compensation for such periods of time during which the station is
transmitting telegraphy practice or information bulletins provided
that:
          (1) The station transmits the telegraphy practice and
information bulletins for at least 40 hours per week;
          (2) The station schedules operations on at least six
amateur service MF and HF bands using reasonable measures to
maximize coverage;
          (3) The schedule of normal operating times and
frequencies is published at least 30 days in advance of the actual
transmissions; and
          (4) The control operator does not accept any direct or
indirect compensation for periods during which the station is
transmitting any other material.
     (c) No station shall transmit communications in order to
engage in any form of broadcasting, nor to engage in any activity
related to program production or newsgathering for broadcasting
purposes. A station may, however, transmit communications to convey
news information about an event for dissemination to the public
when the following conditions are present:
          (1) The information involves immediate safety of life of
individuals or the immediate protection of property;
          (2) The information is directly related to event;
          (3) The information cannot be transmitted by any other
means because normal communications systems have been disrupted
or because there are no other communication systems available
at the place where the information is originated; and
          (4) Other means of communication could not be reasonably
provided before or at the time of the event.
     (d) No station shall transmit: music; radiocommunications or
messages for any purpose, or in connection with any activity, that
is contrary to federal, state, or local law; messages in codes or
ciphers where the intent is to obscure the meaning (except where
specifically excepted elsewhere in this Part); obscene, indecent,
or profane words, language, or meaning; and/or false or deceptive
messages or signals.
     (e) No amateur station shall retransmit programs or signals
emanating from any type of radio station other than an amateur
station, except communications originating on United States
Government frequencies between a space shuttle and its associated
Earth stations.  Prior approval for such retransmissions must be
obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Such retransmissions must be for the exclusive use of amateur
operators.
     (f) No amateur station, except an auxiliary, repeater or space
station, may automatically retransmit the radio signals of other
amateur stations.



97.115  Third party communications.

     (a) An amateur station may transmit messages for a third party
to:
          (1) Any station within the jurisdiction of the United
States.
          (2) Any station within the jurisdiction of any foreign
government whose administration has made arrangements with the
United States to allow amateur stations to be used for transmitting
international communications on behalf of third parties.  No
station shall transmit messages for a third party to any station
within the jurisdiction of any foreign government whose
administration has not made such an arrangement.  This prohibition
does not apply to a message for any third party who is eligible to
be a control operator of the station.
     (b) The third party may participate in stating the message
where:
          (1) The control operator is present at the control point
and is continuously monitoring and supervising the third party's
participation; and
          (2) The third party is not a prior amateur service
licensee whose license was revoked; suspended for less than the
balance of the license term and the suspension is still in effect;
suspended for the balance of the license term and relicensing has
not taken place; or surrendered for cancellation following notice
of revocation, suspension, or monetary forfeiture proceedings.  The
third party may not be the subject of a cease and desist order
which relates to amateur service operation and which is still in
effect.
     (c) At the end of an exchange of international third-party
communications, the station must also transmit in the station
identification procedure the call sign of the station with which
a third party message was exchanged.



97.117  International communications.

     Transmissions to a different country, when permitted, shall
be in plain language and shall be limited to messages of a
technical nature relating to tests, and, to remarks of a personal
character for which, by reason of their unimportance, recourse to
the public telecommunications service is not justified.



97.119 Station identification.

     (a) Each amateur station, except a space station or
telecommand station, must transmit its assigned call sign on its
transmitting channel at the end of each communication, and at least
every ten minutes during a communication, for the purpose of
clearly making the source of the transmissions from the station
known to those receiving the transmissions.  No station may
transmit unidentified communications or signals, or transmit as the
station call sign, any call sign not authorized to the station.
     (b) The call sign must be transmitted with an emission
authorized for the transmitting channel in one of the following
ways:
          (1) By a CW emission.  When keyed by an automatic device
used only for identification, the speed must not exceed 20 words
per minute;
          (2) By a phone emission in the English language.  Use of
a standard phonetic alphabet as an aid for correct station
identification is encouraged;
          (3) By a RTTY emission using a specified digital code
when all or part of the communications are transmitted by a RTTY
or data emission;
          (4) By an image emission conforming to the applicable
transmission standards, either color or monochrome, of section
73.682(a) of the FCC Rules when all or part of the communications
are transmitted in the same image emission; or
          (5) By a CW or phone emission during SS emission
transmission on a narrow bandwidth frequency segment.
Alternatively, by the changing of one or more parameters of the
emission so that a conventional CW or phone emission receiver can
be used to determine the station call sign.
     (c) An indicator may be included with the call sign.  It must
be separated from the call sign by the slant mark or by any
suitable word that denotes the slant mark. If the indicator is
self-assigned it must be included after the call sign and must
not conflict with any other indicator specified by the FCC Rules
or with any prefix assigned to another country.
     (d) When the operator license class held by the control
operator exceeds that of the station licensee, an indicator
consisting of the call sign assigned to the control operator's
station must be included after the call sign.
(e) When the control operator who is exercising the rights and
privileges authorized by 97.9(b) of this Part, an indicator must
be included after the call sign as follows:
          (1) For a control operator who has requested a license
modification from Novice Class to Technician Class: KT;
          (2) For a control operator who has requested a license
modification from Novice Class or Technician Class to General
Class: AG;
          (3) For a control operator who has requested a license
modification from Novice, Technician, of General Class operator
to Advanced Class: AA;
          (4) For a control operator who has requested a license
modification from Novice, Technician, General, or Advanced Class
operator to Amateur Extra Class: AE.
     (f) When the station is transmitting under the authority of
a reciprocal permit for alien amateur licensee, an indicator
consisting of the appropriate letter-numeral designating the
station location must be included before the call sign issued to
the station by the licensing country.  When the station is
transmitting under the authority of an amateur service license
issued by the Government of Canada, a station location indicator
must be included after the call sign.  At least once during each
intercommunication, the identification announcement must include
the geographical location as nearly as possible by city and state,
commonwealth or possession.



97.121  Restricted operation.


          (a) If the operation of an amateur station causes general
interference to the reception of transmissions from stations
operating in the domestic broadcast service when receivers of good
engineering design, including adequate selectivity characteristics,
are used to receive such transmissions, and this fact is made known
to the amateur station licensee, the amateur station shall not be
operated during the hours from 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., local time,
and on Sunday for the additional period from 10:30 a.m. until 1
p.m., local time, upon the frequency or frequencies used when the
interference is created.
     (b) In general, such steps as may be necessary to minimize
interference to stations operating in other services may be
required after investigation by the FCC.




SUBPART C - SPECIAL OPERATIONS



97.201  Auxiliary station.

     (a) Any amateur station licensed to a holder of a
Technician, General, Advanced or Amateur Extra Class operator
license may be an auxiliary station.  A holder of a Technician,
General, Advanced or Amateur Extra Class operator license may be
the control operator of an auxiliary station, subject to the
privileges of the class of operator license held.
     (b) An auxiliary station may transmit only on the 1.25 m and
shorter wavelength bands, except the 431-433 MHz and 435-438 MHz
segments.
     (c) Where an auxiliary station causes harmful interference to
another auxiliary station, the two stations are equally and fully
responsible for resolving the interference unless one station's
operation is recommended by a frequency coordinator and the other
station's is not.  In that case, the licensee of the
non-coordinated auxiliary station has primary responsibility to
resolve the interference.
     (d) An auxiliary station operation may be automatically
controlled.
     (e) An auxiliary station may transmit one-way
communications.



97.203  Beacon station.

     (a) Any amateur station licensed to a holder of a Technician,
General, Advanced or Amateur Extra Class operator license may be
a beacon.  A holder of a Technician, General, Advanced or Amateur
Extra Class operator license may be the control operator of a
beacon, subject to the privileges of the class of operator license
held.
     (b) A beacon station must not concurrently transmit on more
than 1 channel in the same amateur service frequency band, from
the same station location.
     (c) The transmitter power of a beacon must not exceed 100 W.
     (d) A beacon may be automatically controlled while it is
transmitting on the 28.20-28.30 MHz, 50.06-50.08 MHz, 144.275-
144.300 MHz, 222.05-222.06 MHz, or 432.300-432.400 MHz
segments, or on the 33 cm and shorter wavelength bands.
     (e) Before establishing an automatically controlled beacon in
the National Radio Quiet Zone or before changing the transmitting
frequency, transmitter power, antenna height or directivity, the
station licensee must give written notification thereof to the
Interference Office, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, P.O.
Box 2, Green Bank, WV 24944.
          (1) The notification must include the geographical
coordinates of the antenna, antenna ground elevation above mean sea
level (AMSL), antenna center of radiation above ground level (AGL),
antenna directivity, proposed frequency, type of emission, and
transmitter power.
          (2) If an objection to the proposed operation is received
by the FCC from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green
Bank, Pocahontas County, WV, for itself or on behalf of the Naval
Research Laboratory at Sugar Grove, Pendleton County, WV, within
20 days from the date of notification, the FCC will consider all
aspects of the problem and take whatever action is deemed
appropriate.
     (f) A beacon must cease transmissions upon notification by an
EIC that the station is operating improperly or causing undue
interference to other operations.  The beacon may not resume
transmitting without prior approval of the EIC.
     (g) A beacon may transmit one-way communications.



97.205  Repeater station.

     (a) Any amateur station licensed to a holder of a Technician,
General, Advanced or Amateur Extra Class operator license may be
a repeater.  A holder of a Technician, General, Advanced or Amateur
Extra Class operator license may be the control operator of a
repeater, subject to the privileges of the class of operator
license held.
     (b) A repeater may receive and retransmit only on the 10 m and
shorter wavelength frequency bands except the 28.0-29.5 MHz,
50.0-51.0 MHz, 144.0-144.5 MHz, 145.5-146.0 MHz, 431.0-433.0 MHz
and 435.0-438.0 MHz segments.
     (c) Where the transmissions of a repeater cause harmful
interference to another repeater, the two station licensees are
equally and fully responsible for resolving the interference unless
the operation of one station is recommended by a frequency
coordinator and the operation of the other station is not.  In that
case, the licensee of the non-coordinated repeater has primary
responsibility to resolve the interference.
     (d) A repeater may be automatically controlled.
     (e) Ancillary functions of a repeater that are available to
users on the input channel are not considered remotely controlled
functions of the station.  Limiting the use of a repeater to only
certain user stations is permissible.
     (f) Before establishing a repeater in the National Radio Quiet
Zone or before changing the transmitting frequency, transmitter
power, antenna height or directivity, or the location of an
existing repeater, the station licensee must give written
notification thereof to the Interference Office, National Radio
Astronomy Observatory, P.O. Box 2, Green Bank, WV 24994.
          (1) The notification must include the geographical
coordinates of the antenna, antenna ground elevation above mean sea
level (AMSL), antenna center of radiation above ground level (AGL),
antenna directivity, proposed frequency, type of emission, and
transmitter power.
          (2) If an objection to the proposed operation is received
by the FCC from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green
Bank, Pocahontas County, WV, for itself or on behalf of the Naval
Research Laboratory at Sugar Grove, Pendleton County, WV, within
20 days from the date of notification, the FCC will consider all
aspects of the problem and take whatever action is deemed
appropriate.



97.207  Space station.

     (a) Any amateur station may be a space station.  A holder of
any class operator license may be the control operator of a space
station, subject to the privileges of the class of operator license
held by the control operator.
     (b) A space station must be capable of effecting a cessation
of transmissions by telecommand whenever such cessation is ordered
by the FCC.
     (c) The following frequency bands and segments are authorized
to space stations:
          (1) The 17 m, 15 m, 12 m and 10 m bands, 6 mm, 4 mm, 2
mm and 1 mm bands; and
          (2) The 7.0-7.1 MHz, 14.00-14.25 MHz, 144-146 MHz, 435-
438 MHz, 1260-1270 MHz and 2400-2450 MHz, 3.40-3.41 GHz, 5.83-
5.85 GHz, 10.45-10.50 GHz and 24.00-24.05 GHz segments.
     (d) A space station may automatically retransmit
the radio signals of Earth stations and other space stations.
     (e) A space station may transmit one-way communications.
     (f) Space telemetry transmissions may consist of specially
coded messages intended to facilitate communications or related
to the function of the spacecraft.
     (g) The licensee of each space station must give two written,
pre-space station notifications to the Private Radio Bureau, FCC,
Washington, DC  20554.  Each notification must be in accord with
the provisions of Articles 11 and 13 of the Radio Regulations.
          (1) The first notification is required no less than 27
months prior to initiating space station transmissions and must
specify the information required by Appendix 4, and Resolution No.
642 of the Radio Regulations.
          (2) The second notification is required no less than 5
months prior to initiating space station transmissions and must
specify the information required by Appendix 3 and Resolution No.
642 of the Radio Regulations.
     (h) The licensee of each space station must give a written,
in-space station notification to the Private Radio Bureau, FCC,
Washington, DC  20554, no later than 7 days following initiation
of space station transmissions.  The notification must update the
information contained in the pre-space notification.
     (i) The licensee of each space station must give a written,
post-space station notification to the Private Radio Bureau, FCC,
Washington, DC  20554, no later than 3 months after termination of
the space station transmissions.  When the termination is ordered
by the FCC, notification is required no later than 24 hours after
termination.



7.209  Earth station.

     (a) Any amateur station may be an Earth station.  A holder of
any class operator license may be the control operator of an Earth
station, subject to the privileges of the class of operator license
held by the control operator.
     (b) The following frequency bands and segments are authorized
to Earth stations:
     (1) The 17 m, 15 m, 12 m and 10 m bands, 6 mm, 4 mm, 2 mm
and 1 mm bands; and
     (2) The 7.0-7.1 MHz, 14.00-14.25 MHz, 144-146 MHz, 435-438
MHz, 1260-1270 MHz  and 2400-2450 MHz, 3.40-3.41 GHz, 5.65-5.67 GHz,
10.45-10.50 GHz and 24.00-24.05 GHz segments.



97.211  Space Telecommand station.

     (a) Any amateur station designated by the licensee of a space
station is eligible to transmit as a telecommand station for that
space station, subject to the privileges of the class of operator
license held by the control operator.
     (b) A telecommand station may transmit special codes intended
to obscure the meaning of telecommand messages to the station in
space operation.
     (c) The following frequency bands and segments are authorized
to telecommand stations:
          (1) The 17 m, 15 m, 12 m and 10 m bands, 6 mm, 4 mm, 2
mm and 1 mm bands; and
          (2) The 7.0-7.1 MHz, 14.00-14.25 MHz, 144-146 MHz,
435-438 MHz, 1260-1270 MHz and 2400-2450 MHz, 3.40-3.41 GHz,
5.65-5.67 GHz, 10.45-10.50 GHz and 24.00-24.05 GHz segments.
     (d) A telecommand station may transmit one-way communications.



97.213  Telecommand of an amateur station.

     An amateur station on or within 50 km of the earth's surface
may be under telecommand where:
     (a) There is a radio or wireline control link between the
control point and the station sufficient for the control operator
to perform his/her duties.  If radio, the control link must use an
auxiliary station.  A control link using a fiber optic cable or
another telecommunication service is considered wireline.
     (b) Provisions are incorporated to limit transmission by the
station to a period of no more than 3 minutes in the event of
malfunction in the control link.
     (c) The station is protected against making, willfully or
negligently, unauthorized transmissions.
     (d) A photocopy of the station license and the name, address,
and telephone number of the station licensee and at least one
designated control operator is posted in a conspicuous place at
the station location.



97.215  Telecommand of model craft.


     An amateur station transmitting signals to control a model
craft may be operated as follows:
     (a) The station identification procedure is not required for
transmissions directed only to the model craft, provided that a
label indicating the station call sign and the station licensee's
name and address is affixed to the station transmitter.
     (b) The control signals are not considered codes or ciphers
intended to obscure the meaning of the communication.
     (c) The transmitter power must not exceed 1 W.


97.216 Telemetry

    Telemetry transmitted by an amateur station on or within 50
km of the Earth's surface is not considered to be codes or
ciphers intended to obscure the meaning of communications.


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