[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: 47CFR97.401]



[Page 598-599]

 

                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

 

PART 97_AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE--Table of Contents

 

              Subpart E_Providing Emergency Communications

 

Sec.  97.401  Operation during a disaster.





    (a) When normal communication systems are overloaded, damaged or 

disrupted because a disaster has occurred, or is likely to occur, in an 

area where the amateur service is regulated by the FCC, an amateur 

station may make transmissions necessary to meet essential communication 

needs and facilitate relief actions.

    (b) When a disaster disrupts normal communication systems in a 

particular area, the FCC may declare a temporary state of communication 

emergency.



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The declaration will set forth any special conditions and special rules 

to be observed by stations during the communication emergency. A request 

for a declaration of a temporary state of emergency should be directed 

to the EIC in the area concerned.

    (c) A station in, or within 92.6 km of, Alaska may transmit 

emissions J3E and R3E on the channel at 5.1675 Mhz for emergency 

communications. The channel must be shared with stations licensed in the 

Alaska-private fixed service. The transmitter power must not exceed 150 

W.



[54 FR 25857, June 20, 1989, as amended at 68 FR 25542, May 13, 2003]