[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: 47CFR97.11]

[Page 567-568]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
                         COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 97--AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 97.11  Stations aboard ships or aircraft.

    (a) The installation and operation of an amateur station on a ship 
or aircraft must be approved by the master of the ship or pilot in 
command of the aircraft.
    (b) The station must be separate from and independent of all other 
radio apparatus installed on the ship or aircraft, except a common 
antenna may be shared with a voluntary ship radio installation. The 
station's transmissions must not cause interference to any other 
apparatus installed on the ship or aircraft.

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    (c) The station must not constitute a hazard to the safety of life 
or property. For a station aboard an aircraft, the apparatus shall not 
be operated while the aircraft is operating under Instrument Flight 
Rules, as defined by the FAA, unless the station has been found to 
comply with all applicable FAA Rules.