[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 47CFR87.185]



[Page 208-209]

 

                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

 

PART 87_AVIATION SERVICES--Table of Contents

 

                       Subpart F_Aircraft Stations

 

Sec.  87.185  Scope of service.





    (a) Aircraft stations must limit their communications to the 

necessities of safe, efficient, and economic operation of aircraft and 

the protection of life and property in the air, except as otherwise 

specifically provided in this part. Contact with an aeronautical land 

station must only be attempted when the aircraft is within the serivce 

area of the land station. however, aircraft stations may transmit 

advisory information on air traffic control, unicom or aeronautical 

multicom frequencies for the benefit and use of other stations 

monitoring these frequencies in accordance with FAA recommended traffic 

advisory practices.

    (b) Aircraft public correspondence service must be made available to 

all persons without discrimination and on reasonable demand, and must 

communicate without discrimination with any



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public coast station or mobile-satellite earth station authorized to 

provide aircraft public correspondence service.

    (c) Aircraft public correspondence service on maritime mobile 

frequencies may only be carried by aircraft stations licensed to use 

maritime mobile frequencies and must follow the rules for public 

correspondence in part 80.

    (d) Aircraft public correspondence service on Aeronautical Mobile-

Satellite (R) Service frequencies may only be carried on aircraft earth 

stations licensed to use Aeronautical Mobile-Satellite (R) frequencies 

and are subject to the rules for public correspondence in this part. 

Aircraft public correspondence service on Maritime Mobile-Satellite 

Service frequencies may only be carried by aircraft earth stations 

licensed to use Maritime Mobile-Satellite frequencies and are subject to 

the rules for public correspondence in part 80.



[53 FR 28940, Aug. 1, 1988, as amended at 57 FR 45750, Oct. 5, 1992]