Federal Communications Commission § 80.102

automatically or when operating on equipment with an A3J emission sys- 121.500 MHz for radiobeacon purposes. tem. U. S. Coast Guard stations may be (c) Emergency position indicating contacted on 2182 kHz or 156.800 MHz radiobeacon stations do not require for test purposes only when tests are identification. being conducted by Commission em- ployees, when FCC-licensed technicians § 80.100 Morse code requirement. are conducting inspections on behalf of The code employed for telegraphy the Commission, when qualified techni- must be the Morse code specified in the cians are installing or repairing radio- Telegraph Regulations annexed to the telephone equipment, or when qualified International Telecommunication Con- ship’s personnel conduct an operational vention. Pertinent extracts from the check requested by the U.S. Coast Telegraph Regulations are contained in Guard. In these cases the test must be the ‘‘Manual for Use by the Maritime identified as‘‘FCC’’or‘‘technical’’. Mobile and Maritime Mobile-Satellite (c) Survival craft transmitter tests Services’’ published by the Inter- must not be made within actuating national Telecommunication Union. range of automatic alarm receivers. Survival craft transmitters must not § 80.101 Radiotelephone testing proce- be tested on the frequency 500 kHz dur- dures. ing the silence periods. This section is applicable to all sta- [51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 63 tions using telephony except where FR 29659, June 1, 1998] otherwise specified. (a) Station licensees must not cause EFFECTIVE DATE NOTE: At 68 FR 46961, Aug. harmful interference. When radiation 7, 2003, § 80.101 was amended by revising para- graphs (b) and (c) effective October 6, 2003. is necessary or unavoidable, the testing For the convenience of the user the revised procedure described below must be fol- text is set forth as follows: lowed: (1) The operator must not interfere § 80.101 Radiotelephone testing procedures. with transmissions in progress. (2) The testing station’s call sign, fol- * * * * * lowed by the word ‘‘test’’, must be an- (b) Testing of transmitters must be con- nounced on the radio-channel being fined to single frequency channels on work- used for the test. ing frequencies. However, 2182 kHz and (3) If any station responds ‘‘wait’’, 156.800 MHz may be used to contact ship or the test must be suspended for a min- coast stations as appropriate when signal re- imum of 30 seconds, then repeat the ports are necessary. Short tests on 4125 kHz call sign followed by the word ‘‘test’’ are permitted by vessels equipped with MF/ and listen again for a response. To con- HF radios to evaluate the compatibility of tinue the test, the operator must use the equipment for distress and safety pur- poses. U.S. Coast Guard stations may be con- counts or phrases which do not conflict tacted on 2182 kHz or 156.800 MHz for test with normal operating signals, and purposes only when tests are being con- must end with the station’s call sign. ducted by Commission employees, when Test signals must not exceed ten sec- FCC-licensed technicians are conducting in- onds, and must not be repeated until at spections on behalf of the Commission, when least one minute has elapsed. On the qualified technicians are installing or repair- frequency 2182 kHz or 156.800 MHz, the ing radiotelephone equipment, or when time between tests must be a minimum qualified ship’s personnel conduct an oper- ational check requested by the U.S. Coast of five minutes. Guard. In these cases the test must be iden- (b) Testing of transmitters must be tified as ‘‘FCC’’ or ‘‘technical.’’ confined to single frequency channels (c) Survival craft transmitter tests must on working frequencies. However, 2182 not be made within actuating range of auto- kHz and 156.800 MHz may be used to matic alarm receivers. contact ship or coast stations as appro- priate when signal reports are nec- § 80.102 Radiotelephone station identi- essary. Short tests on 2182 kHz by ves- fication. sels with DSB (A3) equipment for dis- This section applies to all stations tress and safety purposes are permitted using telephony which are subject to to evaluate the compatibility of that this part.

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