Sec. 5.159  Operation during an emergency.

    (a) The licensee of any station in the Experimental Radio Service 
may, during a period of emergency in which the normal communication 
facilities are disrupted as a result of hurricane, flood, earthquake, or 
similar disaster, utilize such station for emergency communication 
service, subject to other provisions of this section, by communicating 
in a manner other than that specified in the station license.
    (b) As soon as possible after the beginning of such emergency use, 
notice shall be sent to the Commission at Washington, DC, and to the 
Engineer in Charge of the district in which the station is located, 
stating the nature of the emergency and the use to which the station is 
being put.
    (c) The emergency use of the station shall be discontinued as soon 
as substantially normal communication facilities are again available.
    (d) The Commission at Washington, DC, and the Engineer in Charge 
shall be notified immediately when such special use of the station is 
terminated.
    (e) In no event shall any station engage in emergency transmission 
on frequencies other than, or with power in excess of, that specified in 
the instrument of authorization or as otherwise expressly provided by 
the Commission, or by law.
    (f) The Commission may, at any time, order the discontinuance of any 
such emergency communication undertaken under this section.
[ 28 FR 12506 , Nov. 22, 1963, as amended at  48 FR 52737 , Nov. 22, 1983]