[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR5.53]

[Page 625]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
              CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
 
PART 5--EXPERIMENTAL RADIO SERVICE (OTHER THAN BROADCAST)--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart B--Applications and Licenses
 
Sec.  5.53  Station authorization required.

    (a) No radio transmitter shall be operated in the Experimental Radio 
Service except under and in accordance with a proper station 
authorization granted by the Commission. However, construction of 
proposed experimental satellite facilities may begin prior to Commission 
grant of an authorization. Such construction will be entirely at the 
applicant's risk and will not entitle the applicant to any assurances 
that its proposed experiment will be subsequently approved or regular 
services subsequently authorized. Additionally, the applicant must 
notify the Commission's Office of Engineering and Technology in writing 
that it plans to begin construction at its own risk.
    (b) Persons desiring to install and operate radio transmitting 
equipment under this part should first submit an application for a radio 
station license in accordance with Sec.  5.59 of this part.
    (c) If installation and/or operation of the equipment may 
significantly impact the environment, see Sec.  1.1307 of this chapter, 
an environmental assessment as defined in Sec.  1.1311 of this chapter 
must be submitted with the application.