Sec.  22.577   Dispatch service.

   

   Link to an amendment published at  70 FR 19309 , Apr. 13, 2005.

   Carriers licensed under this subpart may provide dispatch service in
   accordance with the rules in this section.

   (a) Installation without prior FCC approval. A station licensee may
   install or remove dispatch points for subscribers without obtaining
   prior FCC approval. A station licensee may install or remove dispatch
   transmitters for subscribers without applying for specific
   authorization, provided that the following conditions are met.

   (1) Each dispatch transmitter must be able to transmit only on the
   mobile channel that is paired with the channel used by the base
   station.

   (2) The antenna of the dispatch transmitter must not exceed the
   criteria in Sec. 17.7 of this chapter that determine whether the FAA must
   be notified of the proposed construction.

   (3) The output power of the dispatch transmitter must not exceed 10
   Watts.

   (4) The dispatch transmitter must be incapable of overriding the
   functioning of any control transmitter that may be using the same
   channel.

   (5) The dispatch transmitter must be under the continuous supervision
   of the licensee.

   (b) Notification. Licensees must notify the Commission by filing FCC
   Form 601 whenever a dispatch transmitter is installed pursuant to
   paragraph (a) of this section. The notification must include the name
   and address of the subscriber(s) for which the dispatch transmitter
   was installed, the location of the dispatch transmitter, the height of
   antenna structure above ground and above mean sea level, the
   channel(s) used, and the call sign and location of the base station.

   (c) Termination without hearing. Operation of a dispatch transmitter
   pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section may be terminated
   by the FCC without a hearing upon notice to the licensee.

   (d) Dispatch transmitters requiring authorization. A dispatch
   transmitter that does not meet all of the requirements of paragraph
   (a) of this section may be installed only upon the grant of an
   application for authorization by electronically filing FCC Form 601.

   (e) Permissible communications. A dispatch transmitter operated by a
   subscriber may communicate only with mobile transmitters operated by
   that subscriber through the associated base transmitter.

   [ 59 FR 59507 , Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at  60 FR 15495 , Mar. 24, 1995;
    63 FR 68945 , Dec. 14, 1998]