[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: 47CFR95.192]



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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

 

PART 95_PERSONAL RADIO SERVICES--Table of Contents

 

                  Subpart B_Family Radio Service (FRS)

 

Sec.  95.192  (FRS Rule 2) Authorized locations.



    (a) Provided that you comply with these rules, you are authorized to 

operate an FRS unit:

    (1) Within or over any area of the world where radio services are 

regulated by the FCC (this area includes the fifty United States and the 

District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States 

Virgin Islands (50 islets and cays), American Samoa (seven islands), the 

Commonwealth of Northern Marianna Islands, and Guam Island);

    (2) Within or over any other area of the world, except within or 

over the territorial limits of areas where radio services are regulated 

by an agency of the United States other than the FCC or any foreign 

government (you are subject to its rules);

    (3) Aboard any vessel or aircraft registered in the United States, 

with the permission of the captain, that is within or over any area of 

the world where radio services are regulated by the FCC or upon or over 

international waters;

    (4) or; Aboard any unregistered vessel or aircraft owned or operated 

by a United States citizen or company that is within or over any area of 

the world where radio services are regulated by the FCC or upon or over 

international waters.

    (5) You must operate the FRS unit only according to any applicable 

treaty to which the United States is a party. The FCC will make public 

notice of any such conditions.

    (b)-(c) [Reserved]

    (d) Anyone intending to operate an FRS unit on the islands of Puerto 

Rico, Desecheo, Mona, Vieques, and Culebra in a manner that could pose 

an interference threat to the Arecibo Observatory, shall notify the 

Interference Office, Arecibo Observatory, HC3 Box 53995, Arecibo, Puerto 

Rico 00612, in writing or electronically, of the location of the unit. 

Operators may wish to consult interference guidelines, which will be 

provided by Cornell University. Operators who choose to transmit 

information electronically should e-mail to: prcz@naic.edu.

    (1) The notification to the Interference Office, Arecibo Observatory 

shall be made 45 days prior to commencing operation of the unit. The 

notification shall state the geographical coordinates of the unit.

    (2) After receipt of such notifications, the Commission will allow 

the Arecibo Observatory a period of 20 days for comments or objections. 

The operator will be required to make reasonable efforts in order to 

resolve or mitigate any potential interference problem with the Arecibo 

Observatory. If the Commission determines that an operator has satisfied 

its responsibility to make reasonable efforts to protect the Observatory 

from interference, the unit may be allowed to operate.



[61 FR 28768, June 6, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 55535, Oct. 27, 1997; 63 

FR 68976, Dec. 14, 1998; 70 FR 31374, June 1, 2005]