Goto Section: 2.302 | 2.401 | Table of Contents
FCC 2.303
Revised as of October 1, 2008
Goto Year:2007 |
2009
Sec. 2.303 Other forms of identification of stations.
(a) The following table indicates forms of identification which may be used
in lieu of call signs by the specified classes of stations. Such recognized
means of identification may be one or more of the following: name of
station, location of station, operating agency, official registration mark,
flight identification number, selective call number or signal, selective
call identification number or signal, characteristic signal, characteristic
of emission or other clearly distinguishing form of identification readily
recognized internationally. Reference should be made to the appropriate part
of the rules for complete information on identification procedures for each
service.
Class of station Identification, other than assigned call sign
Aircraft (U.S. registry) telephone Registration number preceded by the type
of the aircraft, or the radiotelephony designator of the aircraft operating
agency followed by the flight identification number.
Aircraft (foreign registry) telephone Foreign registry identification
consisting of five characters. This may be preceded by the radiotelephony
designator of the aircraft operating agency or it may be preceded by the
type of the aircraft.
Aeronautical Name of the city, area, or airdrome served together with such
additional identification as may be required.
Aircraft survival craft Appropriate reference to parent aircraft, e.g., the
air carrier parent aircraft flight number or identification, the aircraft
registration number, the name of the aircraft manufacturer, the name of the
aircraft owner, or any other pertinent information.
Ship telegraph When an official call sign is not yet assigned: Complete name
of the ship and name of licensee. On 156.65 MHz: Name of ship. Digital
selective call.
Ship telegraph Digital selective call.
Public coast (radiotelephone) and Limited Coast (Radiotelephone) The
approximate geographic location in a format approved by the Commission.
Coast station identification number.
Public coast (radiotelegraph) Coast station identification number.
Fixed Geographic location. When an approved method of superimposed
identification is used, QTT DE (abbreviated name of company or station).
Fixed: Rural subscriber service Assigned telephone number.
Land mobile: Public safety, forestry conservation, highway maintenance,
local government, shipyard, land transportation, and aviation services Name
of station licensee (in abbreviated form if practicable), or location of
station, or name of city, area, or facility served. Individual stations may
be identified by additional digits following the more general
identification.
Land mobile: Industrial service Mobile unit cochannel with its base station:
Unit identifier on file in the base station records. Mobile unit not
cochannel with its base station: Unit identifier on file in the base station
records and the assigned call sign of either the mobile or base station.
Temporary base station: Unit designator in addition to base station
identification.
Land mobile: Domestic public and rural radio Special mobile unit designation
assigned by licensee or by assigned telephone number.
Land mobile: Railroad radio service Name of railroad, train number, caboose
number, engine number, or name of fixed wayside station or such other number
or name as may be specified for use of railroad employees to identify a
specific fixed point or mobile unit. A railroad's abbreviated name or
initial letters may be used where such are in general usage. Unit
designators may be used in addition to the station identification to
identify an individual unit or transmitter of a base station.
Land mobile: Broadcasting (remote pickup) Identification of associated
broadcasting station.
Broadcasting (Emergency Broadcast System) State and operational area
identification.
Broadcasting (aural STL and intercity relay) Call sign of the broadcasting
station with which it is associated.
Broadcasting (television auxiliary) Call sign of the TV broadcasting station
with which it is licensed as an auxiliary, or call sign of the TV
broadcasting station whose signals are being relayed, or by network
identification.
Broadcasting (television booster). Retransmission of the call sign of the
primary station.
Disaster station By radiotelephony: Name, location, or other designation of
station when same as that of an associated station in some other service.
Two or more separate units of a station operated at different locations are
separately identified by the addition of a unit name, number, or other
designation at the end of its authorized means of identification.
(b) Digital selective calls will be authorized by the Commission and will be
formed by groups of numbers (0 through 9), however, the first digit must be
other than 0, as follows:
(1) Coast station identification number: 4 digits.
(2) Ship station selective call number: 5 digits.
(3) Predetermined group of ship stations: 5 digits.
(c) Ship stations operating under a temporary operating authority shall
identify by a call sign consisting of the letter “K” followed by the
vessel's Federal or State registration number, or a call sign consisting of
the letters “KUS” followed by the vessel's documentation number. However, if
the vessel has no registration number or documentation number, the call sign
shall consist of the name of the vessel and the name of the licensee as they
appear on the station application form.
[ 28 FR 12465 , Nov. 22, 1963, as amended at 40 FR 57675 , Dec. 11, 1975; 41 FR 44042 , Oct. 6, 1976; 42 FR 31008 , June 17, 1977; 44 FR 62284 , Oct. 30, 1979]
Subpart E—Distress, Disaster, and Emergency Communications
Goto Section: 2.302 | 2.401
Goto Year: 2007 |
2009
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