[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR97.203]

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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. 97.203  Beacon station.

    (a) Any amateur station licensed to a holder of a Technician, 
Technician Plus, General, Advanced or Amateur Extra Class operator 
license may be a beacon. A holder of a Technician, Technician Plus, 
General, Advanced or Amateur Extra Class operator license may be the 
control operator of a beacon, subject to the privileges of the class of 
operator license held.
    (b) A beacon must not concurrently transmit on more than 1 channel 
in the same amateur service frequency band, from the same station 
location.
    (c) The transmitter power of a beacon must not exceed 100 W.
    (d) A beacon may be automatically controlled while it is 
transmitting on the 28.20-28.30 MHz, 50.06-50.08 MHz, 144.275-144.300 
MHz, 222.05-222.06 MHz or 432.300-432.400 MHz segments, or on the 33 cm 
and shorter wavelength bands.
    (e) Before establishing an automatically controlled beacon in the 
National Radio Quiet Zone or before changing the transmitting frequency, 
transmitter power, antenna height or directivity, the station licensee 
must give written notification thereof to the Interference Office, 
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, P.O. Box 2, Green Bank, WV 24944.
    (1) The notification must include the geographical coordinates of 
the antenna, antenna ground elevation above mean sea level (AMSL), 
antenna center of radiation above ground level (AGL), antenna 
directivity, proposed frequency, type of emission, and transmitter 
power.
    (2) If an objection to the proposed operation is received by the FCC 
from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank, Pocahontas 
County, WV, for itself or on behalf of the Naval Research Laboratory at 
Sugar Grove, Pendleton County, WV, within 20 days from the date of 
notification, the FCC will consider all aspects of the problem and take 
whatever action is deemed appropriate.
    (f) A beacon must cease transmissions upon notification by a 
District Director that the station is operating improperly or causing 
undue interference to other operations. The beacon may not resume 
transmitting without prior approval of the District Director.
    (g) A beacon may transmit one-way communications.

[54 FR 25857, June 20, 1989, as amended at 55 FR 9323, Mar. 13, 1990; 56 
FR 19610, Apr. 29, 1991; 56 FR 32517, July 17, 1991; 62 FR 55536, Oct. 
27, 1997; 63 FR 41204, Aug. 3, 1998; 63 FR 68980, Dec. 14, 1998; 69 FR 
24997, May 5, 2004; 71 FR 66462, Nov. 15, 2006]

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