[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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 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) 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.

    (f) 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; 68 FR 46960, Aug. 7, 2003]