[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: 47CFR97.219]



[Page 585-586]

 

                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

                         COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

 

PART 97_AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart C_Special Operations

 

Sec. 97.219  Message forwarding system.



    (a) Any amateur station may participate in a message forwarding 

system, subject to the privileges of the class of operator license held.

    (b) For stations participating in a message forwarding system, the 

control operator of the station originating a message is primarily 

accountable for any violation of the rules in this part contained in the 

message.

    (c) Except as noted in (d) of this section, for stations 

participating in a message forwarding system, the control operators of 

forwarding stations that retransmit inadvertently communications that 

violate the rules in this part are not accountable for the violative 

communications. They are, however, responsible for discontinuing such 

communications once they become aware of their presence.



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    (d) For stations participating in a message forwarding system, the 

control operator of the first forwarding station must:

    (1) Authenticate the identity of the station from which it accepts 

communications on behalf of the system; or

    (2) Accept accountability for any violation of the rules in this 

part contained in messages it retransmits to the system.



[59 FR 18975, Apr. 21, 1994]