[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: 47CFR97.203]



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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

                         COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

 

PART 97_AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart C_Special Operations

 

Sec. 97.203  Beacon station.



    (a) Any amateur station licensed to a holder of a Technician, 

Technician Plus, General, Advanced or Amateur Extra Class operator 

license may be a beacon. A holder of a Technician, Technician Plus, 

General, Advanced or Amateur Extra Class operator license may be the 

control operator of a beacon, subject to the privileges of the class of 

operator license held.



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    (b) A beacon must not concurrently transmit on more than 1 channel 

in the same amateur service frequency band, from the same station 

location.

    (c) The transmitter power of a beacon must not exceed 100 W.

    (d) A beacon may be automatically controlled while it is 

transmitting on the 28.20-28.30 MHz, 50.06-50.08 MHz, 144.275-144.300 

MHz, 222.05-222.06 MHz or 432.300-432.400 MHz segments, or on the 33 cm 

and shorter wavelength bands.

    (e) Before establishing an automatically controlled beacon in the 

National Radio Quiet Zone or before changing the transmitting frequency, 

transmitter power, antenna height or directivity, the station licensee 

must give written notification thereof to the Interference Office, 

National Radio Astronomy Observatory, P.O. Box 2, Green Bank, WV 24944.

    (1) The notification must include the geographical coordinates of 

the antenna, antenna ground elevation above mean sea level (AMSL), 

antenna center of radiation above ground level (AGL), antenna 

directivity, proposed frequency, type of emission, and transmitter 

power.

    (2) If an objection to the proposed operation is received by the FCC 

from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank, Pocahontas 

County, WV, for itself or on behalf of the Naval Research Laboratory at 

Sugar Grove, Pendleton County, WV, within 20 days from the date of 

notification, the FCC will consider all aspects of the problem and take 

whatever action is deemed appropriate.

    (f) A beacon must cease transmissions upon notification by an EIC 

that the station is operating improperly or causing undue interference 

to other operations. The beacon may not resume transmitting without 

prior approval of the EIC.

    (g) A beacon may transmit one-way communications.



[54 FR 25857, June 20, 1989, as amended at 55 FR 9323, Mar. 13, 1990; 56 

FR 19610, Apr. 29, 1991; 56 FR 32517, July 17, 1991; 62 FR 55536, Oct. 

27, 1997; 63 FR 41204, Aug. 3, 1998; 63 FR 68980, Dec. 14, 1998; 69 FR 

24997, May 5, 2004]