[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: 47CFR97.405]

[Page 613-614]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 97_AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart E_Providing Emergency Communications
 
Sec. 97.405  Station in distress.

    (a) No provision of these rules prevents the use by an amateur 
station in

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distress of any means at its disposal to attract attention, make known 
its condition and location, and obtain assistance.
    (b) No provision of these rules prevents the use by a station, in 
the exceptional circumstances described in paragraph (a) of this 
section, of any means of radiocommunications at its disposal to assist a 
station in distress.