[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: 47CFR97.205]



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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

 

PART 97_AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart C_Special Operations

 

Sec.  97.205  Repeater station.



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

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

repeater. A holder of a Technician, General, Advanced or Amateur Extra 

Class operator license may be the control operator of a repeater, 

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

    (b) A repeater may receive and retransmit only on the 10 m and 

shorter wavelength frequency bands except the 28.0-29.5 MHz, 50.0-51.0 

MHz, 144.0-144.5 MHz, 145.5-146.0 MHz, 222.00-222.15 MHz, 431.0-433.0 

Mhz, and 435.0-438.0 Mhz segments.

    (c) Where the transmissions of a repeater cause harmful interference 

to another repeater, the two station licensees are equally and fully 

responsible for resolving the interference unless the operation of one 

station is recommended by a frequency coordinator and the operation of 

the other station is not. In that case, the licensee of the non-

coordinated repeater has primary responsibility to resolve the 

interference.

    (d) A repeater may be automatically controlled.

    (e) Ancillary functions of a repeater that are available to users on 

the input channel are not considered remotely controlled functions of 

the station. Limiting the use of a repeater to only certain user 

stations is permissible.

    (f) [Reserved]

    (g) The control operator of a repeater that retransmits 

inadvertently communications that violate the rules in this part is not 

accountable for the violative communications.

    (h) The provisions of this paragraph do not apply to repeaters that 

transmit on the 1.2 cm or shorter wavelength bands. Before establishing 

a repeater within 16 km (10 miles) of the Arecibo Observatory or before 

changing the transmitting frequency, transmitter power, antenna height 

or directivity of an existing repeater, the station licensee must give 

written notification thereof to the Interference Office, Arecibo 

Observatory, HC3 Box 53995, Arecibo, Puerto Rico 00612, in writing or 

electronically, of the technical parameters of the proposal. Licensees 

who choose to transmit information electronically should e-mail to: 

prcz@naic.edu.

    (1) The notification shall state the geographical coordinates of the 

antenna (NAD-83 datum), antenna height above mean sea level (AMSL), 

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

directivity and gain, proposed frequency and FCC Rule Part, type of 

emission, effective radiated power, and whether the proposed use is



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itinerant. Licensees may wish to consult interference guidelines 

provided by Cornell University.

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

from the Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, within 20 days from 

the date of notification, the FCC will consider all aspects of the 

problem and take whatever action is deemed appropriate. The licensee 

will be required to make reasonable efforts in order to resolve or 

mitigate any potential interference problem with the Arecibo 

Observatory.



[54 FR 25857, June 20, 1989, as amended at 55 FR 4613, Feb. 9, 1990; 56 

FR 32517, July 17, 1991; 58 FR 64385, Dec. 7, 1993; 59 FR 18975, Apr. 

21, 1994; 62 FR 55536, Oct. 27, 1997; 63 FR 41205, Aug. 3, 1998; 63 FR 

68980, Dec. 14, 1998; 69 FR 24997, May 5, 2004; 70 FR 31374, June 1, 

2005]