Sec. 90.429  Control point and dispatch point requirements.

    (a) Control point required. Unless permitted to be operated on an 
unattended basis, each station shall be provided with a control point;
    (b) A control point is an operating position:
    (1) Which must be under the control and supervision of the licensee;
    (2) Where a person immediately responsible for the operation of the 
transmitter is stationed;
    (3) Where the monitoring facilities required by this part are 
installed.
    (c) Control point location. The location of the control point will 
be specified in the station license and will be assumed to be the same 
as that of the transmitting equipment unless an application for a 
different location has been approved by the Commission.
    (d) Control point facilities required. At each control point, the 
following facilities shall be installed:
    (1) A carrier-operated device which will provide continuous visual 
indication when the transmitter is radiating, or, a pilot lamp or meter 
which will provide continuous visual indication when the transmitter 
circuits have been placed in a condition to produce radiation. The 
provisions of this subparagraph shall not apply to hand-carried 
transmitters or transmitters installed on motorcycles. The control point 
for a transmitter utilized to activate another radio station may employ

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a single pilot lamp or meter as an indication of the activation of local 
and remote transmitters.
    (2) Facilities which will permit the person responsible for the 
operation of the transmitter either to disconnect the dispatch point 
circuits from the transmitter or to render the transmitter inoperative 
from any dispatch point under his supervision; and
    (3) Facilities which will permit the person responsible for the 
operation of the transmitter to turn the transmitter carrier on and off 
at will.
    (e) Dispatch point. A dispatch point is any position from which 
messages may be transmitted under the supervision of the person at a 
control point who is responsible for the operation of the transmitter. 
Dispatch points may be installed without authorization from the 
Commission.
[ 43 FR 54791 , Nov. 22, 1978;  44 FR 67118 , Nov. 23, 1979, as amended at 
 48 FR 29517 , June 27, 1983]