Goto Section: 97.405 | 97.501 | Table of Contents
FCC 97.407
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 |
2016
§ 97.407 Radio amateur civil emergency service.
(a) No station may transmit in RACES unless it is an FCC-licensed primary,
club, or military recreation station and it is certified by a civil defense
organization as registered with that organization. No person may be the
control operator of an amateur station transmitting in RACES unless that
person holds a FCC-issued amateur operator license and is certified by a
civil defense organization as enrolled in that organization.
(b) The frequency bands and segments and emissions authorized to the control
operator are available to stations transmitting communications in RACES on a
shared basis with the amateur service. In the event of an emergency which
necessitates invoking the President's War Emergency Powers under the
provisions of section 706 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47
U.S.C. 606, amateur stations participating in RACES may only transmit on the
frequency segments authorized pursuant to part 214 of this chapter.
(c) An amateur station registered with a civil defense organization may only
communicate with the following stations upon authorization of the
responsible civil defense official for the organization with which the
amateur station is registered:
(1) An amateur station registered with the same or another civil defense
organization; and
(2) A station in a service regulated by the FCC whenever such communication
is authorized by the FCC.
(d) All communications transmitted in RACES must be specifically authorized
by the civil defense organization for the area served. Only civil defense
communications of the following types may be transmitted:
(1) Messages concerning impending or actual conditions jeopardizing the
public safety, or affecting the national defense or security during periods
of local, regional, or national civil emergencies;
(2) Messages directly concerning the immediate safety of life of
individuals, the immediate protection of property, maintenance of law and
order, alleviation of human suffering and need, and the combating of armed
attack or sabotage;
(3) Messages directly concerning the accumulation and dissemination of
public information or instructions to the civilian population essential to
the activities of the civil defense organization or other authorized
governmental or relief agencies; and
(4) Communications for RACES training drills and tests necessary to ensure
the establishment and maintenance of orderly and efficient operation of the
RACES as ordered by the responsible civil defense organization served. Such
drills and tests may not exceed a total time of 1 hour per week. With the
approval of the chief officer for emergency planning in the applicable
State, Commonwealth, District or territory, however, such tests and drills
may be conducted for a period not to exceed 72 hours no more than twice in
any calendar year.
[ 75 FR 78171 , Dec. 15, 2010]
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Goto Section: 97.405 | 97.501
Goto Year: 2014 |
2016
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