[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: 47CFR97.401]

[Page 644-645]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
                         COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 97_AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart E_Providing Emergency Communications
 
Sec.  97.401  Operation during a disaster.


    (a) When normal communication systems are overloaded, damaged or 
disrupted because a disaster has occurred, or is likely to occur, in an 
area where the amateur service is regulated by the FCC, an amateur 
station may make transmissions necessary to meet essential communication 
needs and facilitate relief actions.
    (b) When a disaster disrupts normal communication systems in a 
particular area, the FCC may declare a temporary state of communication 
emergency.

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The declaration will set forth any special conditions and special rules 
to be observed by stations during the communication emergency. A request 
for a declaration of a temporary state of emergency should be directed 
to the EIC in the area concerned.
    (c) A station in, or within 92.6 km of, Alaska may transmit 
emissions J3E and R3E on the channel at 5.1675 Mhz for emergency 
communications. The channel must be shared with stations licensed in the 
Alaska-private fixed service. The transmitter power must not exceed 150 
W.

[54 FR 25857, June 20, 1989, as amended at 68 FR 25542, May 
13, 2003]