Sec. 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.
Sec. 97.3 Definitions.
(a) The definitions of terms used in part 97 are:
(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.
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, other than in a message
forwarding system, that is 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) Call sign system. The method used to select a call sign for
amateur station over-the-air identification purposes. The call sign
systems are:
(i) Sequential call sign system. The call sign is selected by the
FCC from an alphabetized list corresponding to the geographic region of
the licensee's mailing address and operator class. The call sign is
shown on the license. The FCC will issue public announcements detailing
the procedures of the sequential call sign system.
(ii) Vanity call sign system. The call sign is selected by the FCC
from a list of call signs requested by the licensee. The call sign is
shown on the license. The FCC will issue public announcements detailing
the procedures of the vanity call sign system.
(iii) Special event call sign system. The call sign is selected by
the station licensee from a list of call signs shown on a common data
base coordinated, maintained and disseminated by the amateur station
special event call sign data base coordinators. The call sign must have
the single letter prefix K, N or W, followed by a single numeral 0
through 9, followed by a single letter A through W or Y or Z (for
example K1A). The special event call sign is substituted for the call
sign shown on the station license grant while the station is
transmitting. The FCC will issue public announcements detailing the
procedures of the special event call sign system.
(12) CEPT radio-amateur license. A license issued by a country
belonging to the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications
Administrations (CEPT) that has adopted Recommendation T/R 61-01 (Nice
1985, revised in Paris 1992 and by correspondence August 1992).
(13) 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.
(14) Control point. The location at which the control operator
function is performed.
(15) CSCE. Certificate of successful completion of an examination.
(16) 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.
(17) EIC. Engineer in Charge of an FCC Field Facility.
(18) External RF power amplifier. A device capable of increasing
power output when used in conjunction with, but not an integral part of,
a transmitter.
(19) 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.
(20) FAA. Federal Aviation Administration.
(21) FCC. Federal Communications Commission.
(22) 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.
(23) 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.
(24) IARP (International Amateur Radio Permit). A document issued
pursuant to the terms of the Inter-American Convention on an
International Amateur Radio Permit by a country signatory to that
Convention, other than the United States. Montrouis, Haiti. AG/doc.3216/
95.
(25) Indicator. Words, letters or numerals appended to and separated
from the call sign during the station identification.
(26) Information bulletin. A message directed only to amateur
operators consisting solely of subject matter of direct interest to the
amateur service.
(27) 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.
(28) ITU. International Telecommunication Union.
(29) Line A. Begins at Aberdeen, WA, running by great circle arc to
the intersection of 48 deg. N, 120 deg. W, thence along parallel 48 deg.
N, to the intersection of 95 deg. W, thence by great circle arc through
the southernmost point of Duluth, MN, thence by great circle arc to
45 deg. N, 85 deg. W, thence southward along meridian 85 deg. W, to its
intersection with parallel 41 deg. N, thence along parallel 41 deg. N,
to its intersection with meridian 82 deg. 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.
(30) Local control. The use of a control operator who directly
manipulates the operating adjustments in the station to achieve
compliance with the FCC Rules.
(31) Message forwarding system. A group of amateur stations
participating in a voluntary, cooperative, interactive arrangement where
communications are sent from the control operator of an originating
station to the control operator of one or more destination stations by
one or more forwarding stations.
(32) National Radio Quiet Zone. The area in Maryland, Virginia and
West Virginia Bounded by 39 deg. 15[min]N on the north, 78 deg. 30[min]W
on the east, 37 deg. 30[min] N on the south and 80 deg. 30[min] W on the
west.
(33) Physician. For the purpose 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
Osteophathy (D.O.)
(34) Question pool. All current examination questions for a
designated written examination element.
(35) Question set. A series of examination questions on a given
examination selected from the question pool.
(36) Radio Regulations. The latest ITU Radio Regulations to which
the United States is a party.
(37) 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.
(38) 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.
(39) Repeater. An amateur station that simultaneously retransmits
the transmission of another amateur station on a different channel or
channels.
(40) Space station. An amateur station located more than 50 km above
the Earth's surface.
(41) 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.
(42) 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.
(43) Telecommand. A one-way transmission to initiate, modify, or
terminate functions of a device at a distance.
(44) Telecommand station. An amateur station that transmits
communications to initiate, modify or terminate functions of a space
station.
(45) Telemetry. A one-way transmission of measurements at a distance
from the measuring instrument.
(first party) of an amateur station to another amateur station control
operator (second party) on behalf of another person (third party).
(47) ULS (Universal Licensing System). The consolidated database,
application filing system and processing system for all Wireless
Telecommunications Services.
(48) VE. Volunteer examiner.
(49) 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 Sec. 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.
(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.
Sec. 97.5 Station license required.
(a) The station apparatus must be under the physical control of a
person named in an amateur station license grant on the ULS consolidated
license database or a person authorized for alien reciprocal operation
by Sec. 97.107 of this part, before the station may transmit on any
amateur service frequency from any place that is:
(1) Within 50 km of the Earth's surface and at a place where the
amateur service is regulated by the FCC;
(2) Within 50 km of the Earth's surface and aboard any vessel or
craft that is documented or registered in the United States; or
(3) More than 50 km above the Earth's surface aboard any craft that
is documented or registered in the United States.
(b) The types of station license grants are:
(1) An operator/primary station license grant. One, but only one,
operator/primary station license grant may be held by any one person.
The primary station license is granted together with the amateur
operator license. Except for a representative of a foreign government,
any person who qualifies by examination is eligible to apply for an
operator/primary station license grant.
(2) A club station license grant. A club station license grant may
be held only by the person who is the license trustee designated by an
officer of the club. The trustee must be a person who holds an Amateur
Extra, Advanced, General, Technician Plus, or Technician operator
license grant. The club must be composed of at least four 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 grant. A military
recreation station license grant may be held only by 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
person must not be a representative of a foreign government. The person
need not hold an amateur operator license grant.
(4) A RACES station license grant. A RACES station license grant may
be held only by 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 be the civil defense
official responsible for coordination of all civil defense activities in
the area concerned. The custodian must not be a representative of a
foreign government. The custodian need not hold an amateur operator
license grant.
(c) The person named in the station license grant or who is
authorized for alien reciprocal operation by Sec. 97.107 of this part
may use, in accordance with the applicable rules of this part, the
transmitting apparatus under the physical control of the person at
places where the amateur service is regulated by the FCC.
(d) A CEPT radio-amateur license is issued to the person by the
country of which the person is a citizen. The person must not:
(1) Be a resident alien or citizen of the United States, regardless
of any other citizenship also held;
(2) Hold an FCC-issued amateur operator license nor reciprocal
permit for alien amateur licensee;
(3) Be a prior amateur service licensee whose FCC-issued license was
revoked, suspended for less than the balance of the license term and the
suspension is still in effect, suspended for the balance of the license
term and relicensing has not taken place, or surrendered for
cancellation following notice of revocation, suspension or monetary
forfeiture proceedings; or
(4) Be the subject of a cease and desist order that relates to
amateur service operation and which is still in effect.
(e) An IARP is issued to the person by the country of which the
person is a citizen. The person must not:
(1) Be a resident alien or citizen of the United States, regardless
of any other citizenship also held;
(2) Hold an FCC-issued amateur operator license nor reciprocal
permit for alien amateur licensee;
(3) Be a prior amateur service licensee whose FCC-issued license was
revoked, suspended for less than the balance of the license term and the
suspension is still in effect, suspended for the balance of the license
term and relicensing has not taken place, or surrendered for
cancellation following notice of revocation, suspension or monetary
forfeiture proceedings; or
(4) Be the subject of a cease and desist order that relates to
amateur service operation and which is still in effect.
Sec. 97.7 Control operation required.
When transmitting, each amateur station must have a control
operator. The control operator must be a person:
(a) For whom an amateur operator/primary station license grant
appears on the ULS consolidated licensee database, or
(b) Who is authorized for alien reciprocal operation by Sec. 97.107
of this part.
Sec. 97.9 Operator license grant.
(a) The classes of amateur operator license grants are: Novice,
Technician, Technician Plus (until such licenses expire, a Technical
Class license granted before February 14, 1991, is considered a
Technician Plus Class license), General, Advanced, and Amateur Extra.
The person named in the operator license grant is authorized to be the
control operator of an amateur station with the privileges authorized to
the operator class specified on the license grant.
(b) The person named in an operator license grant of Novice,
Technician, Technician Plus, General or Advanced Class, who has properly
submitted to the administering VEs a FCC Form 605 document requesting
examination for an operator license grant of a higher class, and who
holds a CSCE indicating that the person has completed the necessary
examinations within the previous 365 days, is authorized to exercise the
rights and privileges of the higher operator class until final
disposition of the application or until 365 days following the passing
of the examination, whichever comes first.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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 Secs. 1.1305-1.1319 of this chapter.
(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 a District Director pursuant to Sec. 97.121 of this part.
Geographical coordinates of the facilities that require protection are
listed in Sec. 0.121(c) of this chapter.
(c) Before causing or allowing an amateur station to transmit from
any place where the operation of the station could cause human exposure
to RF electromagnetic field levels in excess of those allowed under
Sec. 1.1310 of this chapter, the licensee is required to take certain
actions.
(1) The licensee must perform the routine RF environmental
evaluation prescribed by Sec. 1.1307(b) of this chapter, if the power of
the licensee's station exceeds the limits given in the following table:
| Wavelength Band |
Evaluation Required if Power(W)1 exceeds: |
|
| MF: |
- |
| 160m |
500W |
|
| HF: |
- |
| 80m |
500W |
| 75m |
500W |
| 40m |
500W |
30m |
425W |
| 20m |
225W |
| 17m |
125W |
| 15m |
100W |
| 12m |
75W |
| 10m |
50W |
|
| VHF:(all bands) |
50W |
|
| UHF: |
- |
| 70cm |
70W |
| 33cm |
150W |
| 23cm |
200W |
| 12cm |
250W |
|
| SHF:(all bands) |
250W |
|
| EHF:(all bands) |
250W |
| Repeater Stations:(all bands) |
Non-building-mounted antennas: height above ground level to lowest point
of antenna less <10m and power <= 500W ERP. Building-mounted antennas: power <= 500W ERP |
1Power = PEP input to
antenna except, for repeater stations only, power exclusion is based on ERP (effective radiated power).
(2) If the routine environmental evaluation indicates that the RF
electromagnetic fields could exceed the limits contained in Sec. 1.1310
of this chapter in accessible areas, the licensee must take action to
prevent human exposure to such RF electromagnetic fields. Further
information on evaluating compliance with these limits can be found in
the FCC's OET Bulletin Number 65, "Evaluating Compliance with FCC
Guidelines for Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic
Fields."
Sec. 97.15 Station antenna structures.
(a) Owners of certain antenna structures more than 60.96 meters (200
feet) above ground level at the site or located near or at a public use
airport must notify the Federal Aviation Administration and register
with the Commission as required by part 17 of this chapter.
(b) 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.
(See PRB-1, 101 FCC 2d 952 (1985) for details.)
Sec. 97.17 Application for new license grant.
(a) Any qualified person is eligible to apply for a new operator/
primary station, club station or military recreation station license
grant. No new license grant will be issued for a Novice, Technician
Plus, or Advanced Class operator/primary station or a RACES station.
(b) Each application for a new amateur service license grant must be
filed with the FCC as follows:
(1) Each candidate for an amateur radio operator license which
requires the applicant to pass one or more examination elements must
present the administering VEs with all information required by the rules
prior to the examination. The VEs may collect all necessary information
in any manner of their choosing, including creating their own forms.
(2) For a new club or military recreation station license grant,
each applicant must present all information required by the rules to an
amateur radio organization having tax-exempt status under section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that provides voluntary,
uncompensated and unreimbursed services in providing club and military
recreation station call signs ("Club Station Call Sign Administrator")
who must submit the information to the FCC in an electronic batch file.
The Club Station Call Sign Administrator may collect the information
required by these rules in any manner of their choosing, including
creating their own forms. The Club Station Call Sign Administrator must
retain the applicants information for at least 15 months and make it
available to the FCC upon request. The FCC will issue public
announcements listing the qualified organizations that have completed a
pilot autogrant batch filing project and are authorized to serve as a
Club Station Call Sign Administrator.
(c) No person shall obtain or attempt to obtain, or assist another
person to obtain or attempt to obtain, an amateur service license grant
by fraudulent means.
(d) One unique call sign will be shown on the license grant of each
new primary, club and military recreation station. The call sign will be
selected by the sequential call sign system.
Sec. 97.19 Application for a vanity call sign.
(a) The person named in an operator/primary station license grant or
in a club station license grant is eligible to make application for
modification of the license grant, or the renewal thereof, to show a
call sign selected by the vanity call sign system. RACES and military
recreation stations are not eligible for a vanity call sign.
(b) Each application for a modification of an operator/primary or
club station license grant, or the renewal thereof, to show a call sign
selected by the vanity call sign system must be filed in accordance with
Sec. 1.913 of this chapter.
(c) Unassigned call signs are available to the vanity call sign
system with the following exceptions:
(1) A call sign shown on an expired license grant is not available
to the vanity call sign system for 2 years following the expiration of
the license.
(2) A call sign shown on a surrendered, revoked, set aside,
canceled, or voided license grant is not available to the vanity call
sign system for 2 years following the date such action is taken.
(3) Except for an applicant who is the spouse, child, grandchild,
stepchild, parent, grandparent, stepparent, brother, sister,
stepbrother, stepsister, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, or in-law, and
except for an applicant who is a club station license trustee acting
with the written consent of at least one relative, as listed above, of a
person now deceased, the call sign shown on the license of person now
deceased is not available to the vanity call sign system for 2 years
following the person's death, or for 2 years following the expiration of
the license grant, whichever is sooner.
(d) The vanity call sign requested by an applicant must be selected
from the group of call signs corresponding to the same or lower class of
operator license held by the applicant as designated in the sequential
call sign system.
(1) The applicant must request that the call sign shown on the
license grant be vacated and provide a list of up to 25 call signs in
order of preference.
(2) The first assignable call sign from the applicant's list will be
shown on the license grant. When none of those call signs are
assignable, the call sign vacated by the applicant will be shown on the
license grant.
(3) Vanity call signs will be selected from those call signs
assignable at the time the application is processed by the FCC.
(4) A call sign designated under the sequential call sign system for
Alaska, Hawaii, Caribbean Insular Areas, and Pacific Insular areas will
be assigned only to a primary or club station whose licensee's mailing
address is in the corresponding state, commonwealth, or island. This
limitation does not apply to an applicant for the call sign as the
spouse, child, grandchild, stepchild, parent, grandparent, stepparent,
brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, or
in-law, of the former holder now deceased.
Sec. 97.21 Application for a modified or renewed license grant.
(a) A person holding a valid amateur station license grant:
(1) Must apply to the FCC for a modification of the license grant as
necessary to show the correct mailing address, licensee name, club name,
license trustee name or license custodian name in accordance with
Sec. 1.913 of this chapter. For a club, military recreation or RACES
station license grant, it must be presented in document form to a Club
Station Call Sign Administrator who must submit the information thereon
to the FCC in an electronic batch file. The Club Station Call Sign
Administrator must retain the collected information for at least 15
months and make it available to the FCC upon request.
(2) May apply to the FCC for a modification of the operator/primary
station license grant to show a higher operator class. Applicants must
present the administering VEs with all information required by the rules
prior to the examination. The VEs may collect all necessary information
in any manner of their choosing, including creating their own forms.
(3) May apply to the FCC for renewal of the license grant for
another term in accordance with Sec. 1.913 of this chapter. Application
for renewal of a Technician Plus Class operator/primary station license
will be processed as an application for renewal of a Technician Class
operator/primary station license.
(i) For a station license grant showing a call sign obtained through
the vanity call sign system, the application must be filed in accordance
with Sec. 97.19 of this Part in order to have the vanity call sign
reassigned to the station.
(ii) For a primary station license grant showing a call sign
obtained through the sequential call sign system, and for a primary
station license grant showing a call sign obtained through the vanity
call sign system but whose grantee does not want to have the vanity call
sign reassigned to the station, the application must be filed with the
FCC in accordance with Sec. 1.913 of this chapter. When the application
has been received by the FCC on or before the license expiration date,
the license operating authority is continued until the final disposition
of the application.
(iii) For a club station or military recreation station license
grant showing a call sign obtained through the sequential call sign
system, and for a club or military recreation station license grant
showing a call sign obtained through the vanity call sign system but
whose grantee does not want to have the vanity call sign reassigned to
the station, the application must be presented in document form to a
Club Station Call Sign Administrator who must submit the information
thereon to the FCC in an electronic batch file. The Club Station Call
Sign Administrator must retain the collected information for at least 15
months and make it available to the FCC upon request. RACES station
license grants will not be renewed.
(b) A person whose amateur station license grant has expired may
apply to the FCC for renewal of the license grant for another term
during a 2 year filing grace period. The application must be received at
the address specified above prior to the end of the grace period. Unless
and until the license grant is renewed, no privileges in this Part are
conferred.
(c) A call sign obtained under the sequential or vanity call sign
system will be reassigned to the station upon renewal or modification of
a station license.
Sec. 97.23 Mailing address.
Each license grant must show the grantee's correct name and mailing
address. The mailing address must be in an area where the amateur
service is regulated by the FCC and where the grantee can receive mail
delivery by the United States Postal Service. Revocation of the station
license or suspension of the operator license may result when
correspondence from the FCC is returned as undeliverable because the
grantee failed to provide the correct mailing address.
Sec. 97.25 License term.
An amateur service license is normally granted for a 10-year term.
Sec. 97.27 FCC modification of station license grant.
(a) The FCC may modify a station license grant, 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 U.S.C. 316.
Sec. 97.29 Replacement license grant document.
Each grantee whose amateur station license grant document is lost,
mutilated or destroyed may apply to the FCC for a replacement in
accordance with Sec. 1.913 of this chapter.
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