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- SUBPART C - SPECIAL OPERATIONS
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- 97.201 Auxiliary operation.
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- (a) Any amateur station licensed to a holder of a Technician,
- General, Advanced or Amateur Extra Class operator license may be
- an auxiliary station. A holder of a Technician, General, Advanced
- or Amateur Extra Class operator license may be the control operator
- of an auxiliary station, subject to the privileges of the class of
- operator license held.
- (b) An auxiliary station may transmit only on the 1.25 m and
- shorter wavelength bands, except the 220.0-220.5 MHz segment and
- the UHF 431-433 MHz and 435-438 MHz segments.
- (c) Where an auxiliary station causes harmful interference to
- another auxiliary station, the two stations are equally and fully
- responsible for resolving the interference unless one station's
- operation is recommended by a frequency coordinator and the other
- station's is not. In that case, the licensee of the
- non-coordinated auxiliary station has primary responsibility to
- resolve the interference.
- (d) An auxiliary station operation may be automatically
- controlled only when it is part of a system that includes a
- repeater station also being automatically controlled.
- (f) An auxiliary station may transmit one-way communications.
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- 97.203 Beacon station.
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- (a) Any amateur station licensed to a holder of a Technician,
- General, Advanced or Amateur Extra Class operator license may be
- a beacon. A holder of a Technician, 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 station 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 when it is
- transmitting on the 28.20-28.30 MHz, 50.06-50.08 MHz, 144.05-144.06
- MHz, 220.05-220.06 MHz, 222.05-222.06 or 432.07-432.08 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 24994.
- (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 an
- EIC that the station is operating improperly or causing undue
- interference to other operations. The beacon may not resume
- transmitting without prior approval of the EIC.
- (g) A beacon may transmit one-way communications.
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- 97.205 Repeater station.
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- (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,
- 50.0-52.0 MHz, 144.0-144.5 MHz, 145.5-146.0 MHz, 220.0-220.5 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) Before establishing a repeater in the National Radio Quiet
- Zone or before changing the transmitting frequency, transmitter
- power, antenna height or directivity, or the location of an
- existing repeater, the station licensee must give written
- notification thereof to the Interference Office, National Radio
- Astronomy Observatory, P.O. Box 2, Green Bank, WV 24994.
- (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.
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- 97.207 Space station.
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- (a) Any amateur station licensed to a holder of an Amateur
- Extra Class operator license may be a space station. A holder of
- any class operator license may be the control operator of a space
- station, subject to the privileges of the class of operator license
- held by the control operator.
- (b) A space station must be capable of effecting a cessation
- of transmissions by telecommand whenever such cessation is ordered
- by the FCC.
- (c) The following frequency bands and segments are authorized
- to space stations:
- (1) The 15 m, 12 m, 10 m, 6 mm, 4 mm, 2 mm, and 1 mm
- bands; and
- (2) The 7.0-7.1 MHz, 14.00-14.25 MHz, 144-146 MHz,
- 2400-2450 MHz, 3.40-3.41 GHz, 5.83-5.85 GHz, 10.45-10.50 GHz and
- 24.00-24.05 GHz segments.
- (d) A station in space operation may automatically retransmit
- the radio signals of Earth stations and other space stations.
- (e) A space station may transmit one-way communications.
- (f) Results of measurements made in the space station,
- including those related to the function of the station, transmitted
- by a space station may consist of specially coded messages intended
- to facilitate communications.
- (g) The licensee of each space station must give two written,
- pre-space station notifications to the Private Radio Bureau, FCC,
- Washington, DC 20554. Each notification must be in accord with
- the provisions of Articles 11 and 13 of the Radio Regulations.
- (1) The first notification is required no less than 27
- months prior to initiating space station transmissions and must
- specify the information required by Appendix 4, and Resolution No.
- 642 of the Radio Regulations.
- (2) The second notification is required no less than 5
- months prior to initiating space station transmissions and must
- specify the information required by Appendix 3 and Resolution No.
- 642 of the Radio Regulations.
- (h) The licensee of each space station must give a written,
- in-space station notification to the Private Radio Bureau, FCC,
- Washington, DC 20554, no later than 7 days following initiation
- of space station transmissions. The notification must update the
- information contained in the pre-space notification.
- (i) The licensee of each space station must give a written,
- post-space station notification to the Private Radio Bureau, FCC,
- Washington, DC 20554, no later than 3 months after termination of
- the space station transmissions. When the termination is ordered
- by the FCC, notification is required no later than 24 hours after
- termination.
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- 97.209 Earth station.
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- (a) Any amateur station may be an Earth station. A holder of
- any class operator license may be the control operator of an Earth
- station, subject to the privileges of the class of operator license
- held by the control operator.
- (b) The following frequency bands and segments are authorized
- to Earth stations:
- (1) The 15 m, 12 m, 10 m, 6 mm, 4 mm, 2 mm and 1 mm bands; and
- (2) The 7.0-7.1 MHz, 14.00-14.25 MHz, 144-146 MHz, 435-438
- MHz, 1260-1270 MHz, 2400-2450 MHz, 3.40-3.41 GHz, 5.65-5.67 GHz,
- 10.45-10.50 GHz and 24.00-24.05 GHz segments.
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- 97.211 Telecommand station.
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- (a) Any amateur station designated by the licensee of a space
- station is eligible to transmit as a telecommand station, subject
- to the privileges of the class of operator license held by the
- control operator.
- (b) A telecommand station may transmit special codes intended
- to obscure the meaning of telecommand messages to the station in
- space operation.
- (c) The following frequency bands and segments are authorized
- to telecommand stations:
- (1) The 15 m, 12 m and 10 m bands; 6 mm, 4 mm, 2 mm and
- 1 mm bands; and
- (2) The 7.0-7.1 MHz, 14.00-14.25 MHz, 144-146 MHz,
- 435-438 MHz, 1260-1270 MHz and 2400-2450 MHz, 3.40-3.41 GHz,
- 5.65-5.67 GHz, 10.45-10.50 GHz and 24.00-24.05 GHz segments.
- (d) A telecommand station may transmit one-way communications.
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- 97.213 Remote control of a station.
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- An amateur station may be remotely controlled where:
- (a) There is a radio or wireline control link between the
- control point and the station sufficient for the control operator
- to perform his/her duties. If radio, the control link must use an
- auxiliary station. A control link using a fiber optic cable or
- another telecommunication service is considered wireline.
- (b) Provisions are incorporated to limit transmission by the
- station to a period of no more than 3 minutes in the event of
- malfunction in the control link.
- (c) The station is protected against making, willfully or
- negligently, unauthorized transmissions.
- (d) A photocopy of the station license and the name, address,
- and telephone number of the station licensee and at least one
- designated control operator is posted in a conspicuous place at
- the station location.
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- 97.215 Remote control of model craft.
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- An amateur station transmitting signals to control a model
- craft may be operated as follows:
- (a) The station identification procedure is not required for
- transmissions directed only to the model craft, provided that a
- label indicating the station call sign and the station licensee's
- name and address is affixed to the station transmitter.
- (b) The control signals are not considered codes or ciphers
- intended to obscure the meaning of the communication.
- (c) The transmitter power must not exceed 1 W.
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