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- Subpart C -- Special Operations
-
- S 97.201 Auxiliary station.
-
- (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, 431-433
- MHz and 435-438 MHz segments.
-
- (c) Where an auxiliary station causes harmful
- interference to another auxiliary station, the licensees 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 may be automatically controlled
- only when it is part of a system that includes a repeater station
- also being automatically controlled.
-
- (e) An auxiliary station may transmit one-way
- communications.
-
- S 97.203 Beacon station.
-
- (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 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, 144.05-
- 144.06 MHz, 220.05-220.06 MHz, 222.05-222.06 MHz 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 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 Country, 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.
-
- S 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, 50.0-52.0 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 noncoordinated 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
- 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 24944.
-
- (1) The notification must include the geographical
- coordinates of the station 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.
-
- S 97.207 Space station.
-
- (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, 5.83-8.85 GHz, 10.45-10.50 GHz and
- 24.00- 24.05 GHz segments.
-
- (d) A space station 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.
-
- S 97.209 Earth station.
-
- (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 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.
-
- S 97.211 Telecommand station.
-
- (a) Any amateur station designated by the licensee of a
- space station is eligible to transmit as a telecommand station
- for that space 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.
-
- (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.
-
- S 97.213 Remote control of a station.
- 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 a label with
- 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.
-
- S 97.215 Remote control of model craft.
-
- 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.
-
-