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Attached is an ascii text version of the Commission's Rules for Amateur
Radio (CFR 47 Part 97).  It is being sent in 3 parts - this message
is the first.  These rules have been updated to include Commission action
through November 8, 1993.



            PART 97 - AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE

              Table of Contents

              Subpart A - General Provisions


97.1    Basis and purpose
97.3    Definitions
97.5    Station license required
97.7    Control operator required
97.9    Operator license
97.11   Stations aboard ships or aircraft
97.13   Restrictions on station location
97.15   Station antenna structures
97.17   Application for new license
97.19   Application for a renewed or modified license
97.21   Mailing address
97.23   License term
97.25   FCC modification of station license
97.27   Replacement license
97.29   Club and military recreation station
        call sign administration

                   Subpart B - Station Operator Standards

97.101  General standards
97.103  Station licensee responsibilities
97.105  Control operator duties
97.107  Alien control operator privileges
97.109  Station control
97.111  Authorized transmissions
97.113  Prohibited transmissions
97.115  Third-party communications
97.117  International communications
97.119  Station identification
97.121  Restricted operation

                        Subpart C - Special Operations

97.201  Auxiliary station
97.203  Beacon station
97.205  Repeater station
97.207  Space station
97.209  Earth station
97.211  Space telecommand station
97.213  Telecommand of an amateur station
97.215  Telecommand of model craft
97.216  Telemetry

          Subpart D - Technical Standards

97.301    Authorized frequency bands
97.303    Frequency sharing requirements
97.305    Authorized emission types
97.307    Emission standards
97.309    RTTY and data emission codes
97.311    SS emission types
97.313    Transmitter power standards
97.315    Type acceptance of external RF power amplifiers
97.317    Standards for type acceptance of external
          RF power amplifiers

          Subpart E - Providing Emergency Communications

97.401    Operation during a disaster
97.403    Safety of life and protection of property
97.405    Station in distress
97.407    Radio amateur civil emergency service

          Subpart F - Qualifying Examination Systems Procedures

97.501    Qualifying for an amateur operator license
97.503    Element standards
97.505    Element credit
97.507    Preparing an examination
97.509    Administering an examination
97.511    Amateur operator license examination
97.513    [Deleted]
97.515    Volunteer examiner requirements
97.517    Volunteer examiner conduct
97.519    Coordinating examination sessions
97.521    VEC qualifications
97.523    Question pools
97.525    Accrediting VEs
97.527    Reimbursement for expenses

          Appendices

Appendix 1 Places where the Amateur Services is regulated
           by the FCC

Appendix 2 VEC regions



                  Subpart A     General Provisions

        97.1 Basis and purpose.  The rules and regulations in this part
are designed to provide an amateur radio service having a fundamental
purpose as expressed in the following principles:

          (a)     Recognition and enhancement of the value of the amateur
service to the public as a voluntary noncommercial communication service,
particularly with respect to providing emergency communications.

          (b)     Continuation and extension of the amateur's proven
ability to contribute to the advancement of the radio art.

          (c)     Encouragement and improvement of the amateur service
through rules which provide for advancing skills in both the communication
and technical phases of the art.

          (d)     Expansion of the existing reservoir within the amateur
radio service of trained operators, technicians, and electronics experts.

          (e)     Continuation and extension of the amateur's unique
ability to enhance international goodwill.


        97.3 Definitions. - (a) The definitions of terms used in Part 97:


               (1)     Amateur operator.  A person holding a written
authorization to be the control operator of an amateur station.

               (2)     Amateur radio services.  The amateur service, the
amateur- satellite service and the radio amateur civil emergency service.

               (3)     Amateur-satellite service.  A radiocommunication
service using stations on Earth satellites for the same purpose as those
of the amateur service.

               (4)     Amateur service.  A radiocommunication service for
the purpose of self-training, intercommunication and technical
investigations carried out by amateurs, that is, duly authorized persons
interested in radio technique solely with a personal aim and without
pecuniary interest.

               (5)     Amateur station.  A station in an amateur radio
service consisting of the apparatus necessary for carrying on
radiocommunications.

               (6)     Automatic control.  The use of devices and
procedures for control of a station when it is transmitting so that
compliance with the FCC Rules is achieved without the control operator
being present at a control point.

               (7)     Auxiliary station.  An amateur station transmitting
communications point-to-point within a system of cooperating amateur
stations.

               (8)     Bandwidth.  The width of a frequency band outside
of which the mean power of the transmitted signal is attenuated at least
26 dB below the mean power of the transmitted signal within the band.

               (9)     Beacon.  An amateur station transmitting
communications for the purposes of observation of propagation and
reception or other related experimental activities.

               (10)     Broadcasting.  Transmissions intended for
reception by the general public, either direct or relayed.

               (11)     Control operator.  An amateur operator designated
by the licensee of a station to be responsible for the transmissions from
that station to assure compliance with the FCC Rules.

               (12)     Control point.  The location at which the control
operator function is performed.

               (13)     CSCE.  Certificate of successful completion of an
examination.

               (14)     Earth station.  An amateur station located on, or
within 50 km of the Earth's surface intended for communications with space
stations or with other Earth stations by means of one or more other
objects in space.

               (15)      EIC.  Engineer in Charge of an FCC Field Facility.

               (16)      External RF power amplifier.  A device capable of
increasing power output when used in conjunction with, but not an
integral part of, a transmitter.

               (17)     External RF power amplifier kit.  A number of
electronic parts, which, when assembled, is an external RF power
amplifier, even if additional parts are required to complete assembly.

               (18)      FAA.  Federal Aviation Administration.

               (19)      FCC.  Federal Communications Commission.

               (20)      Frequency coordinator.  An entity, recognized in
a local or regional area by amateur operators whose stations are eligible
to be auxiliary or repeater stations, that recommends transmit/receive
channels and associated operating and technical parameters for such
stations in order to avoid or minimize potential interference.

               (21)     Harmful interference.  Interference which
endangers the functioning of a radionavigation service or of other safety
services or seriously degrades, obstructs or repeatedly interrupts a
radiocommunication service operating in accordance with the Radio
Regulations.

               (22)     Indicator.  Words, letters or numerals appended to
and separated from the call sign during the station identification.

               (23)     Information bulletin.  A message directed only to
amateur operators consisting solely of subject matter of direct interest
to the amateur service.

               (24)     International Morse code.  A dot-dash code as
defined in International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee
(CCITT) Recommendation F.1 (1984), Division B, I. Morse code.

               (25)      ITU.  International Telecommunication Union.

               (26)      Line A. Begins at Aberdeen, WA, running by great
circle arc to the intersection of 480 N, 1200 W, thence along parallel 480
N, to the intersection of 950 W, thence by great circle arc through the
southernmost point of Duluth, MN, thence by great circle arc to 450 N, 850
W, thence southward along meridian 850 W, to its intersection with
parallel 410 N, thence along parallel 410 N, to its intersection with
meridian 820 W, thence by great circle arc through the southernmost point
of Bangor, ME, thence by great circle arc through the southernmost point of
Searsport, ME, at which point it terminates.

               (27)     Local control.  The use of a control operator who
directly manipulates the operating adjustments in the station to achieve
compliance with the FCC Rules.

               (28)     National Radio Quiet Zone.  The area in Maryland,
Virginia and West Virginia bounded by 390 151 N on the north, 780 301 W on
the east, 370 301 N on the south and 800 301 W on the west.

               (29)     Physician.  For the purposes of this part, a
person who is licensed to practice in a place where the amateur service is
regulated by the FCC, as either a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or a Doctor of
Osteopathy (D.O.).

               (30)     Question pool.  All current examination questions
for a designated written examination element.

               (31)     Question set.  A series of examination on a given
examination selected from the question pool.

               (32)     Radio Regulations.  The latest ITU Radio
Regulations to which the United States is a party.

               (33)     RACES (radio amateur civil emergency service).  A
radio service using amateur stations for civil defense communications
during periods of local, regional or national civil emergencies.

               (34)     Remote control.  The use of a control operator who
indirectly manipulates the operating adjustments in the station through
a control link to achieve compliance with the FCC Rules.

               (35)     Repeater.  An amateur station that automatically
retransmits the signals of other stations.

               (36)     Space station.  An amateur station located more
than 50 km above the Earth's surface.

               (37)     Space telemetry.  A one-way transmission from a
space station of measurements made from the measuring instruments in a
spacecraft, including those relating to the functioning of the spacecraft.

               (38)     Spurious emission.  An emission, or frequencies
outside the necessary bandwidth of a transmission, the level of which may
be reduced without affecting the information being transmitted.

               (39)     Telecommand.  A one-way transmission to initiate,
modify, or terminate functions of a device at a distance.

               (40)     Telecommand station.  An amateur station that
transmits communications to initiate, modify or terminate functions of a
space station.

               (41)     Telemetry.  A one-way transmission of measurements
at a distance from the measuring instrument.

               (42)     Third party communications.  A message from the
control operator (first party) of an amateur station to another amateur
station control operator (second party) on behalf of another person (third
party).

               (43)      VE.  Volunteer examiner.

               (44)      VEC.  Volunteer-examiner coordinator.

          (b)  The definitions of technical symbols used in this part are:

               (1)     EHF (extremely high frequency).  The frequency
range 30-300 GHz.

               (2)  HF (high frequency).  The frequency range 3-30 MHz.

               (3)  Hz. Hertz.

               (4)  m. Meters.

               (5)  MF (medium frequency).  The frequency range 300-3000
kHz.

               (6)     PEP (peak envelope power).  The average power
supplied to the antenna transmission line by a transmitter during one RF
cycle at the crest of the modulation envelope taken under normal operating
conditions.

               (7)  RF. Radio frequency.

               (8)  SHF (super-high frequency).  The frequency range 3-30
GHz.

               (9)  UHF (ultra-high frequency). The frequency range
300-3000 MHz.

              (10)  VHF (very-high frequency). The frequency range 30-300
MHz.

              (11) W. Watts.

          (c)     The following terms are used in this part to indicate
emission types.  Refer to 2.201 of the FCC Rules, Emission, modulation and
transmission characteristics, for information on emission type
designators.

               (1)     CW. International Morse code telegraphy emissions
having designators with A, C, H, J or R as the first symbol; 1 as the
second symbol; A or B as the third symbol; and emissions J2A and J2B.

               (2)     Data.  Telemetry, telecommand and computer
communications emissions having designators with A, C, D, F, G, H, J or R
as the first symbol; 1 as the second symbol; D as the third symbol; and
emission J2D.  Only a digital code of a type specifically authorized in
this part may be transmitted.

               (3)     Image.  Facsimile and television emissions having
designators with A. C, D, F, G, H, J or R as the first symbol; 1, 2 or 3
as the second symbol; C or F as the third symbol; and emissions having B
as the first symbol; 7, 8 or 9 as the second symbol; W as the third
symbol.

               (4)     MCW.  Tone-modulated international Morse code
telegraphy emissions having designators with A, C, D, F, G, H or R as the
first symbol; 2 as the second symbol; A or B as the third symbol.

               (5)     Phone.  Speech and other sound emissions having
designators with A, C, D, F, G, H, J or R as the first symbol; 1, 2 or 3
as the second symbol; E as the third symbol.  Also speech emissions having
B as the first symbol; 7, 8 or 9 as the second symbol; E as the third
symbol.  MCW for the purpose of performing the station identification
procedure, or for providing telegraphy practice interspersed with speech.
Incidental tones for the purpose of selective calling or alerting or to
control the level of a demodulated signal may also be considered phone.

               (6)     Pulse.  Emissions having designators with K, L, M,
P, Q, V or W as the first symbol; 0, 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9 or X as the second
symbol; A, B, C, D, E, F, N, W or X as the third symbol.

               (7)     RTTY.  Narrow-band direct-printing telegraphy
emissions having designators with A, C, D, F, G, H, J or R as the first
symbol; 1 as the second symbol; B as the third symbol; and emission J2B.
Only a digital code of a type specifically authorized in this part may be
transmitted.

               (8)     SS. Spread-spectrum emissions using
bandwidth-expansion modulation emissions having designators with A, C, D,
F, G, H, J or R as the first symbol; X as the second symbol; X as the
third symbol.  Only a SS emission of a type specifically authorized in
this part may be transmitted.

               (9)     Test.  Emissions containing no information having
the designators with N as the third symbol.  Test does not include pulse
emissions with no information or modulation unless pulse emissions are
also authorized in the frequency band.

        97.5 Station license required. - (a) When a station is
transmitting on any amateur service frequency from a geographic location
within 50 km of the Earth's surface where the amateur service is regulated
by the FCC, the person having physical control of the apparatus must hold
an FCC-issued written authorization for an amateur station.

          (b)     When a station is transmitting on any amateur service
frequency from a location within 50 km of the Earth's surface and aboard
any vessel or craft that is documented or registered in the United
States, the person having physical control of the apparatus must hold an
FCC-issued written authorization for an amateur station.

          (c)     When a station is transmitting on any amateur-satellite
service frequency from a location more than 50 km above the Earth's
surface aboard any craft that is documented or registered in the United
States, the person having physical control of the apparatus must hold an
FCC-issued written authorization for an amateur station.

          (d)     The types of written authorizations that permit amateur
station operation where the amateur service is regulated by the FCC are:

               (1)     An operator/primary station license (FCC Form 660)
issued to the person by the FCC.  A primary station license is issued only
to a person, together with an operator license on the same document.
Every amateur operator licensed by the FCC must have one, but only one,
primary station license.  Except a representative of a foreign
government, any person who qualifies by examination is eligible to apply
for an operator/primary station license.

               (2)     A club station license (FCC Form 660) issued to the
person by the FCC.  A club station license is issued only to the person
who is the license trustee designated by an officer of the club.  The
trustee must hold an FCC-issued Amateur Extra, Advanced, General, or
Technician operator license. The club must be composed of at least two
persons and must have a name, a document of organization, management and a
primary purpose devoted to amateur service activities consistent with this
part.

               (3)     A military recreation station license (FCC Form
660) issued to the person by the FCC.  A military recreation station
license is issued only to the person who is the license custodian
designated by the official in charge of the United States military
recreational premises where the station is situated. The custodian must
not be a representative of a foreign government.  The custodian need not
hold an amateur operator license.

               (4)     A RACES station license (FCC Form 660) issued to
the person by the FCC.  A RACES station license is issued only to the
person who is the license custodian designated by the official responsible
for the governmental agency served by that civil defense organization. The
custodian must not be a representative of a foreign government.  The
custodian must be the civil defense official responsible for coordination
of all civil defense activities in the area concerned.  The custodian need
not hold an amateur operator license.

               (5)     A reciprocal permit for alien amateur licensee (FCC
Form 610-AL) issued to the person by the FCC.  A reciprocal permit for
alien amateur licensee is issued only to a person who is a citizen of a
country with which the United States has arrangements to grant reciprocal
operating permits to visiting alien amateur operators.  The person must be
a citizen of the same country that issued the amateur service license.  No
person who is a citizen of the United States, regardless of any other
citizenship also held, is eligible for a reciprocal permit for alien
amateur licensee.  No person holding an FCC-issued amateur service license
will be issued a reciprocal permit for alien amateur licensee.

               (6)     An amateur service license issued to the person by
the Government of Canada.  The person must be a Canadian citizen.

          (e)     The written authorization for an amateur station
authorizes the use in accordance with the FCC Rules of all transmitting
apparatus under the physical control of the station licensee at points
where the amateur service is regulated by the FCC.  The original written
authorization document or a photocopy thereof must be retained at the
station.

        97.7 Control operator required. - When transmitting each amateur
station must have a control operator.  Only a person holding one of the
following documents may be the control operator of a station:

          (a)     An operator/primary station license (FCC Form 660)
issued to the person by the FCC.

          (b)     A reciprocal permit for alien amateur licensee (FCC Form
610- AL) issued to the person by the FCC.

          (c)     An amateur service license issued to a Canadian citizen
by the Government of Canada.

        97.9 Operator license. - (a) There are 5 classes of operator li-
censes: Novice, Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra.  An oper-
ator license authorizes the holder to be the control operator of a station
with the privileges of the operator class specified on the license.  The
license document or a photocopy thereof must be in the personal possession
of the licensee at all times when the person is the control operator of a
station.

          (b)     A person holding a Novice, Technician, General or
Advanced Class operator license who has properly filed with the FCC an
application for a higher operator class which has not yet been acted upon,
and who holds a CSCE indicating that the person completed the necessary
examinations within the previous 365 days is authorized to exercise the
rights and privileges of the higher operator class.

        97.11 Stations aboard ships or aircraft. - (a) The installation
and operation of an amateur station on a ship or aircraft must be approved
by the master of the ship or pilot in command of the aircraft.

          (b)     The station must be separate from and independent of all
other radio apparatus installed on the ship or aircraft, except a common
antenna may be shared with a voluntary ship radio installation.  The
station's transmissions must not cause interference to any other apparatus
installed on the ship or aircraft.

          (c)     The station must not constitute a hazard to the safety
of life or property.  For a station aboard an aircraft, the apparatus
shall not be operated while the aircraft is operating under Instrument
Flight Rules, as defined by the FAA, unless the station has been found to
comply with all applicable FAA Rules.

        97.13 Restrictions on station location. - (a) Before placing an
amateur station on land of environmental importance or that is significant
in American history, architecture or culture, the licensee may be required
to take certain actions prescribed by 1.1301-1.1319 of the FCC Rules.

          (b)     A station within 1600 m (1 mile) of an FCC monitoring
facility must protect that facility from harmful interference.  Failure to
do so could result in imposition of operating restrictions upon the
amateur station by an EIC pursuant to 97.121 of this part.  Geographical
coordinates of the facilities that require protection are listed in
0.121(c) of the FCC Rules.


        97.15 Station antenna structures. - (a) Unless the amateur station
licensee has received prior approval from the FCC, no antenna structure,
including the radiating elements, tower, supports and all appurtenances,
may be higher than 61 m (200 feet) above ground level at its site.

          (b)     Unless the amateur station licensee has received prior
approval from the FCC, no antenna structure, at an airport or heliport
that is available for public use and is listed in the Airport Directory of
the current Airman's Information Manual or in either the Alaska or Pacific
Airman's Guide and Chart Supplement; or at an airport or heliport under
construction that is the subject of a notice or.proposal on file with the
FAA, and except for military airports, it is clearly indicated that the
airport will be available for public use; or at an airport or heliport
that is operated by the armed forces of the United States; or at a place
near any of these airports or heliports, may be higher than:

               (1)     1 m above the airport elevation for each 100 m from
the nearest runway longer than 1 km within 6.1 km of the antenna
structure.

               (2)     2 m above the airport elevation for each 100 m from
the nearest runway shorter than 1 km within 3.1 km of the antenna
structure.

               (3)     4 m above the airport elevation for each 100 m from
the nearest landing pad within 1.5 km of the antenna structure.

          (c)     An amateur station antenna structure no higher than 6.1
m (20 feet) above ground level at its site or no higher than 6.1 m above
any natural object or existing manmade structure, other than an antenna
structure, is exempt from the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) of
this section.

          (d)     Further details as to whether an aeronautical study
and/or obstruction marking and lighting may be required, and
specifications for obstruction marking and lighting, are contained in Part
17 of the FCC Rules, Construction, Marking and Lighting of Antenna
Structures.  To request approval to place an antenna structure higher than
the limits specified in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this section, the
licensee must notify the FAA on FAA Form 7460-1 and the FCC on FCC Form
854.

          (e)     Except as otherwise provided herein, a station antenna
structure may be erected at heights and dimensions sufficient to
accommodate amateur service communications. (State and local regulation of
a station antenna structure must not preclude amateur service
communications.  Rather, it must reasonably accommodate such
communications and must constitute the minimum practicable regulation to
accomplish the state or local authority's legitimate purpose.

        97.17 Application for new license. - (a) Any qualified person is
eligible to apply for an amateur service license.

          (b)     Each application for a new operator/primary station
license must be made on FCC Form 610.  Each application for a reciprocal
permit for alien amateur licensee must be made on FCC Form 610-A.  Each
application for a new amateur service club or military recreation station
license must be made on FCC Form 610-B.  No new license for a RACES
station will be issued.

          (c)     Each application for a new operator/primary station
license and each application involving a change in operator class must be
submitted to the VEs administering the qualifying examination.

          (d)     Any qualified person is eligible to apply for a
reciprocal permit for alien amateur licensee.  The application must be
submitted to the FCC, 1270 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325-7245.

          (e)     No person shall obtain or attempt to obtain, or assist
another person to obtain or attempt to obtain, an operator license or
reciprocal permit for alien amateur licensee by fraudulent means.

          (f)     A call sign will be assigned systematically to each
primary station.  The FCC will issue public announcements detailing the
policies and procedures of the primary station call sign assignment
system.  The FCC will not grant any request for a specific call sign.

          (g)     Each application for a new amateur service club or
military recreation station license must be submitted to a club and
military recreation station call sign administrator.

        97.19 Application for a renewed or modified license. - (a) Each
ap- plication for a renewed or modified operator/primary station license
must be made on FCC Form 610.  Each application for a renewed or modified
RACES station license must be made on FCC Form 610-B.  A reciprocal permit
for alien amateur licensee is not renewable.  A new reciprocal permit may
be issued upon proper application.

          (b)     Each application for a renewed or modified amateur
service license must be accompanied by a photocopy of the license
document or the original document, unless it has been lost, mutilated or
destroyed.  Each application for a modified operator license involving a
change in operator class must be submitted to the VEs administering the
qualifying examination.  Each application for a modified or renewed
amateur service club or military recreation station license must be made
on FCC Form 610-B and submitted to the club and military recreation
station call sign administrator that provided it.  All other applications
must be submitted to: FCC, 1270 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325-7245.

          (c)     When the licensee has submitted a timely application for
renewal of an unexpired license (between 60 and 90 days prior to the end
of the license term is recommended) , the licensee may continue to operate
until the disposition of the application has been determined.  If a
license expires, application for renewal may be made during a grace
period of 2 years after the expiration date. During this grace period, the
expired license is not valid.  A license renewed during the grace period
must be dated as of the date of the renewal.

        97.21 Mailing address. - Each application for an amateur service
license and each application for a reciprocal permit for alien amateur
licensee must show a mailing address in an area where the amateur service
is regulated by the FCC.  The mailing address must be one where the
licensee can receive mail delivery by the United States Postal Service.

        97.23 License term. - (a) An amateur service license is normally
issued for a 10-year term.

          (b)     A reciprocal permit for alien amateur licensee is
normally issued for a 1-year term.

        97.25 FCC modification of station license. - (a) The FCC may mod-
ify a station license, either for a limited time or for the duration of
the term thereof, if it determines:

               (1)     That such action will promote the public interest,
convenience and necessity; or

               (2)     That such action will promote fuller compliance
with the provisions of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, or of
any treaty ratified by the United States.

          (b)     When the FCC makes such a determination, it will issue
an order of modification.  The order will not become final until the
licensee is notified in writing of the proposed action and the grounds
and reasons therefor. The licensee will be given reasonable opportunity of
no less than 30 days to protest the modification; except that, where
safety of life or property is involved, a shorter period of notice may
be provided.  Any protest by a licensee of an FCC order of modification
will be handled in accordance with the provisions of 47 USC 316.

        97.27 Replacement license. - Each licensee or permittee whose
original document is lost, mutilated or destroyed must request a
replacement.  The request must be made to: FCC, 1270 Fairfield Road,
Gettysburg, PA 17325-7245.  A statement of how the document was lost,
mutilated or destroyed must be attached to the request.  A replacement
license must bear the same expiration date as the license that it
replaces.

        97.29 Club and military recreation station call sign
administration. - No organization may serve as an amateur service club and
military recreation station call sign administrator unless it has entered
into a written agreement with the FCC.  The FCC will issue public
announcements listing the club and military recreation station call sign
administrators.  Each club and military recreation station call sign
administrator must abide by the terms of the agreement.  Each club and
military recreation station call sign administrator must:

          (a)     Be an organization that has tax-exempt status under
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and that exists for
the purpose of furthering the amateur service;

          (b)  Be an organization whose membership includes at least one
percent of the amateur operators licensed by the FCC;

          (c)     Be capable of serving as a club and military recreation
station call sign administrator in all places where the amateur service is
regulated by the FCC;

          (d)     Accept and process all properly completed license
application Forms 610-B received from qualified club and military
recreation station license trustees or custodians and submit them to: FCC,
1270 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325-7245;

          (e)     Not charge the applicants any fee or accept any form of
reimbursement for services provided as an amateur service club and
military recreation station call sign administrator;

          (f)     Accept and process applications from applicants for club
or military recreation station licenses, under 97.5(d)(2) and (3) of
this part, without regard to race, sex, religion, national origin or
membership (or lack thereof) in any amateur service organization;

          (g)     Provide the FCC with a license document, including the
unique station call sign, ready for endorsement and mailing within 10 days
of receipt of a properly completed application for a club or military
recreation station license;

          (h)     Provide the FCC each month, in a format specified by the
FCC, a data file of license documents processed during that month;

          (i)     Issue public announcements detailing the policies and
procedures of the club and military recreation station call sign
assignment system;

          (j)     Accept and respond to inquiries concerning club and
military recreation station applications and license matters;

          (k)     Provide the FCC with a plan for processing applications
for modified or renewed amateur service club or military recreation
station licenses in the event that the organization ceases to function as
a club and military recreation station call sign administrator.

              Subpart B - Station Operation Standards

        97.101 General standards. - (a) In all respects not specifically
covered by FCC Rules each amateur station must be operated in accordance
with good engineering and good amateur practice.

          (b)     Each station licensee and each control operator must
cooperate in selecting transmitting channels and in making the most
effective use of the amateur service frequencies.  No frequency will be
assigned for the exclusive use of any station.

          (c)     At all times and on all frequencies, each control
operator must give priority to stations providing emergency
communications, except to stations transmitting communications for
training drills and tests in RACES.

          (d)     No amateur operator shall willfully or maliciously
interfere with or cause interference to any radio communication or signal.

        97.103 Station licensee responsibilities. - (a) The station
licensee is responsible for the proper operation of the station in
accordance with the FCC Rules.  When the control operator is a different
amateur operator than the station licensee, both. persons are equally
responsible for proper operation of the station.

          (b)     The station licensee must designate the station control
operator.  The FCC will presume that the station licensee is also the
control operator, unless documentation to the contrary is in the station
records.

          (c)     The station licensee must make the station and the
station records available for inspection upon request by an FCC
representative.  When deemed necessary by an EIC to assure compliance with
the FCC Rules, the station licensee must maintain a record of station
operations containing such items of information as the EIC may require in
accord with 0.314(x) of the FCC Rules.

        97.105 Control operator duties. - (a) The control operator must
ensure the immediate proper operation of the station, regardless of the
type of control.

          (b)     A station may only be operated in the manner and to the
ex- tent permitted by the privileges authorized for the class of operator
license held by the control operator.

        97.107 Alien control operator privileges. - (a) The privileges
available to a control operator holding an amateur service license issued
by the Government of Canada are:

               (1)     The terms of the Convention Between the United
States and Canada (TIAS No. 2508) Relating to the Operation by Citizens of
Either Country of Certain Radio Equipment or Stations in the Other
Country;

               (2)     The operating terms and conditions of the amateur
service license issued by the Government of Canada; and

               (3)     The applicable provisions of the FCC Rules, but not
to exceed the control operator privileges of an FCC-issued Amateur Extra
Class operator license.

          (b)     The privileges available to a control operator holding
an FCC- issued reciprocal permit for alien amateur licensee are:

               (1)     The terms of the agreement between the alien's
government and the United States;

               (2)     The operating terms and conditions of the amateur
service license issued by the alien's government;

               (3)     The applicable provisions of the FCC Rules, but not
to exceed the control operator privileges of an FCC-issued Amateur Extra
Class operator license; and

               (4)     None, if the holder of the reciprocal permit has
obtained an FCC-issued operator/primary station license.

          (c)     At any time the FCC may, in its discretion, modify,
suspend, or cancel the amateur service privileges within or over any area
where radio services are regulated by the FCC of any Canadian amateur
service licensee or alien reciprocal permittee.

        97.109 Station control. - (a) Each amateur station must have at
least one control point.

          (b)     When a station is being locally controlled, the control
operator must be at the control point.  Any station may be locally
controlled.

          (c)     When a station is being remotely controlled, the control
operator must be at the control point.  Any station may be remotely
controlled.

          (d)     When a station is being automatically controlled, the
control operator need not be at the control point.  Only stations
transmitting RTTY or data emissions on the 6 m or shorter wavelength
bands, and stations specifically designated elsewhere in this part may be
automatically controlled.  Automatic control must cease upon notification
by an EIC that the station is transmitting improperly or causing harmful
interference to other stations.  Automatic control must not be resumed
without prior approval of the EIC.

          (e)     No station may be automatically controlled while
transmitting third-party communications, except a station retransmitting
digital packet radio communications on the 6 m and shorter wavelength
bands.  Such stations must be using the American Radio Relay League, Inc.
AX. 25 Amateur Packet-Radio Link-Layer Protocol, Version 2.0, October 1984
(or compatible). The retransmitted messages must originate at a station
that is being locally or remotely controlled.

        97.111 Authorized transmissions. - (a) An amateur station may
transmit the following types of two-way communications:

               (1)     Transmissions necessary to exchange messages with
other stations in the amateur service, except those in any country whose
administration has given notice that it objects to such communications.
The FCC will issue public notices of current arrangements for
international communications;

               (2)     Transmissions necessary to exchange messages with a
station in another FCC-regulated service while providing emergency
communications;

               (3)     Transmissions necessary to exchange messages with a
United States government station, necessary to providing communications in
RACES; and

               (4)     Transmissions necessary to exchange messages with a
station in a service not regulated by the FCC, but authorized by the FCC
to communicate with amateur stations.  An amateur station may exchange
messages with a participating United States military station during an
Armed Forces Day Communications Test.

          (b)     In addition to one-way transmissions specifically
authorized elsewhere in this part, an amateur station may transmit the
following types of one-way communications:

               (1)     Brief transmissions necessary to make adjustments
to the station;

               (2)     Brief transmissions necessary to establishing
two-way communications with other stations;

               (3)  Telecommand;

               (4)  Transmissions necessary to providing emergency
communications;

               (5)     Transmissions necessary to assisting persons
learning, or improving proficiency in, the international Morse code;

               (6)     Transmissions necessary to disseminate information
bulletins; and

               (7) Transmissions of telemetry.

        97.113 Prohibited transmissions. - (a) No amateur station shall
transmit:

               (1)  Communications specifically prohibited elsewhere in
this part;

               (2)  Communications for hire or for material compensation,
direct or indirect, paid or promised, except as otherwise provided in
these rules;

               (3)     Communications in which the station licensee or
control operator has a pecuniary interest, including communications on
behalf of an employer.  Amateur operators may, however, notify other
amateur operators of the availability for sale or trade of apparatus
normally used in an amateur station, provided that such activity is not
conducted on a regular basis;

               (4)     Music using a phone emission except as specifically
provided elsewhere in this section; communications intended to facilitate
a criminal act; messages in codes or ciphers intended to obscure the
meaning thereof, except as otherwise provided herein; obscene or indecent
words or language; or false or deceptive messages, signals or
identification;

               (5)     Communications, on a regular basis, which could
reasonably be furnished alternatively through other radio services.

          (b)     An amateur station shall not engage in any form of
broadcasting, nor may an amateur station transmit one-way communications
except as specifically provided in these rules; nor shall an amateur
station engage in any activity related to program production or news
gathering for broadcasting purposes, except that communications directly
related to the immediate safety of human life or the protection of property
may be provided by amateur stations to broadcasters for dissemination to
the public where no other means of communication is reasonably available
before or at the time of the event.

          (c)     A control operator may accept compensation as an
incident of a teaching position during periods of time when an amateur
station is used by that teacher as a part of classroom instruction at an
educational institution.

          (d)     The control operator of a club station may accept
compensation for the periods of time when the station is transmitting
telegraphy practice or information bulletins, provided that the station
transmits such telegraphy practice and bulletins for at least 40 hours
per week; schedules operations on at least six amateur service MF and HF
bands using reasonable measures to maximize coverage; where the schedule
of normal operating times and frequencies is published at least 30 days in
advance of the actual transmissions; and where the control operator does
not accept any direct or indirect compensation for any other service as a
control operator.

          (e)     No station shall retransmit programs or signals
emanating from any type of radio station other than an amateur station,
except propagation and weather forecast information intended for use by
the general public and originated from United States Government stations
and communications, including incidental music, originating on United
States Government frequencies between a space shuttle and its associated
Earth stations.  Prior approval for shuttle retransmissions must be
obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.  Such
retransmissions must be for the exclusive use of amateur operators.
Propagation, weather forecasts and shuttle retransmissions may not be
conducted on a regular basis, but only occasionally, as an incident of
normal amateur radio communications.

          (f)     No amateur station, except an auxiliary, repeater, or
space station, may automatically retransmit the radio signals of other
amateur station.