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FCC 80.102
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 |
2016
§ 80.102 Radiotelephone station identification.
This section applies to all stations using telephony which are subject to
this part.
(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this section, stations
must give the call sign in English. Identification must be made:
(1) At the beginning and end of each communication with any other station.
(2) At 15 minute intervals when transmission is sustained for more than 15
minutes. When public correspondence is being exchanged with a ship or
aircraft station, the identification may be deferred until the completion of
the communications.
(b) Private coast stations located at drawbridges and transmitting on the
navigation frequency 156.650 MHz may identify by use of the name of the
bridge in lieu of the call sign.
(c) Ship stations transmitting on any authorized VHF bridge-to-bridge
channel may be identified by the name of the ship in lieu of the call sign.
(d) Ship stations operating in a vessel traffic service system or on a
waterway under the control of a U.S. Government agency or a foreign
authoriy, when communicating with such an agency or authority may be
identified by the name of the ship in lieu of the call sign, or as directed
by the agency or foreign authority.
(e) Voice traffic in the INMARSAT system is closed to other parties except
the two stations involved and the identification is done automatically with
the establishment of the call. Therefore, it is not necessary for these
stations to identify themselves periodically during the communication. For
terrestrial systems using DSC to establish radiotelephone communications,
the identification is made at the beginning of the call. In these cases,
both parties must identify themselves by ship name, call sign or MMSI at
least once every 15 minutes during radiotelephone communications.
(f) VHF public coast stations licensed to serve a predetermined geographic
service area are not required to provide station identification under this
section. A site-based VHF public coast station may identify by means of the
approximate geographic location of the station or the area it serves when it
is the only VHF public coast station serving the location or there will be
no conflict with the identification of any other station.
[ 51 FR 31213 , Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 52 FR 35244 , Sept. 18, 1987; 68 FR 46961 , Aug. 7, 2003; 69 FR 64671 , Nov. 8, 2004]
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Goto Section: 80.101 | 80.103
Goto Year: 2014 |
2016
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