[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR80.70]

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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
                         COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 80--STATIONS IN THE MARITIME SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart C--Operating Requirements and Procedures
 
Sec. 80.70  Special conditions relative to coast station VHF facilities.

    (a) Coast stations which transmit on the same radio channel above 
150 MHz must minimize interference by reducing radiated power, by 
decreasing antenna height or by installing directional antennas. Coast 
stations at locations separated by less than 241 kilometers (150 miles) 
which transmit on the same radio channel above 150 MHz must also 
consider a time-sharing arrangement. The Commission may order station 
changes if agreement cannot be reached between the involved licensees.
    (b) Coast stations which transmit on a radio channel above 150 MHz 
and are located within interference range of any station within Canada 
or Mexico must minimize interference to the involved foreign station(s), 
and must notify the Commission of any station changes.
    (c) A VHF (156-162 MHz) public coast licensee initially authorized 
on any of

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the channels listed in the table in Sec. 80.371(c)(1), or an AMTS 
licensee initially authorized on any of the channel blocks listed in the 
table in Sec. 80.385(a)(2), may transfer or assign its channel(s), or 
channel block(s), to another entity. If the proposed transferee or 
assignee is the geographic area licensee for the geographic area to 
which the frequency block is allocated, such transfer or assignment will 
be deemed to be in the public interest. However, such presumption will 
be rebuttable.

[51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 63 FR 40063, July 27, 1998; 
67 FR 48564, July 25, 2002]