[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR80.89]

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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.  80.89  Unauthorized transmissions.

    Stations must not:
    (a) Engage in superfluous radio[chyph]communication.
    (b) Use telephony on 243 MHz.
    (c) Use selective calling on 2182 kHz or 156.800 MHz.
    (d) When using telephony, transmit signals or communications not 
addressed to a particular station or stations. This provision does not 
apply to the transmission of distress, alarm, urgency, or safety signals 
or messages, or to test transmissions.
    (e) When using telegraphy, transmit signals or communications not 
addressed to a particular station or stations, unless the transmission 
is preceded by CQ or CP or by distress, alarm, urgency, safety signals, 
or test transmissions.
    (f) Transmit while on board vessels located on land unless 
authorized under a public coast station license. Vessels in the 
following situations are not considered to be on land for the purposes 
of this paragraph:
    (1) Vessels which are aground due to a distress situation;
    (2) Vessels in drydock undergoing repairs; and
    (3) State or local government vessels which are involved in search 
and rescue operations including related training exercises.
    (g) Transmit on frequencies or frequency bands not authorized on the 
current station license.

[51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 52 FR 35244, Sept. 18, 1987; 
62 FR 40304, July 28, 1997]

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    Effective Date Note: At 68 FR 46960, Aug. 7, 2003, Sec.  80.89 was 
amended by removing paragraph (e) and redesignating paragraphs (f) and 
(g) as paragraphs (e) and (f) effective October 6, 2003.