Sec. 80.89  Unauthorized transmissions.

    Stations must not:
    (a) Engage in superfluous radiocommunication.
    (b) Use telephony on 243 MHz.
    (c) Use selective calling on 2182 kHz or 156.800 MHz.
    (d) When using telephony, transmit signals or communications not 
addressed to a particular station or stations. This provision does not 
apply to the transmission of distress, alarm, urgency, or safety signals 
or messages, or to test transmissions.
    (e) When using telegraphy, transmit signals or communications not 
addressed to a particular station or stations, unless the transmission 
is preceded by CQ or CP or by distress, alarm, urgency, safety signals, 
or test transmissions.
    (f) Transmit while on board vessels located on land unless 
authorized under a public coast station license. Vessels in the 
following situations are not considered to be on land for the purposes 
of this paragraph:
    (1) Vessels which are aground due to a distress situation;
    (2) Vessels in drydock undergoing repairs; and
    (3) State or local government vessels which are involved in search 
and rescue operations including related training exercises.
    (g) Transmit on frequencies or frequency bands not authorized on the 
current station license.
[ 51 FR 31213 , Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at  52 FR 35244 , Sept. 18, 1987; 
 62 FR 40304 , July 28, 1997]