Federal Communications Commission § 80.501
of each of one or more navigable inland Gulf of Mexico, with ship stations, and waterways. Inland waterways less than with land units in accordance with 240 kilometers (150 miles) long must be § 80.123. served in their entirety. AMTS appli- (b) AMTS licensees in the offshore cants proposing to serve portions of the waters of the Gulf of Mexico may use Atlantic, Pacific or Gulf of Mexico AMTS coast and ship station fre- coastline must define a substantial quencies on a secondary basis for fixed navigational area and show how the service communications to support off- proposed system will provide continu- shore AMTS operations. ity of service for it. A separate Form (c) AMTS service may be provided to 503 is not required for each coast sta- any vessel within communication serv- tion in a system. However, the appli- ice range of an AMTS station even cant must provide the technical char- though the vessel may not be operating acteristics for each proposed coast sta- within the confines of a served water- tion, including transmitter type, oper- way. ating frequencies, emissions, transmit- ter output power, antenna arrange- [51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 52 ment and location. FR 35245, Sept. 18, 1987; 62 FR 40307, July 28, (1) Applicants proposing to locate a 1997] coast station transmitter within 169 kilometers (105 miles) of a channel 13 § 80.479 Assignment and use of fre- television station or within 129 kilo- quencies for AMTS. meters (80 miles) of a channel 10 tele- (a) The frequencies assignable to vision station or with an antenna AMTS stations are listed in subpart H height greater than 61 meters (200 feet) of this part. These frequencies are as- must submit an engineering study signable to ship and public coast sta- clearly showing the means of avoiding tions for voice, facsimile and interference with television reception radioteletypewriter communications. within the grade B contour. See (b) [Reserved] § 80.215(h). (2) Additionally, applicants required Subpart K—Private Coast Stations to submit the above specified must give written notice of the filing of such and Marine Utility Stations application(s) to the television stations § 80.501 Supplemental eligibility re- which may be affected. A list of the no- quirements. tified television stations must be sub- mitted with the subject applications. (a) A private coast station or a ma- (b) In lieu of public correspondence rine utility station may be granted service an AMTS system may provide only to a person who is: private coast station communications (1) Regularly engaged in the oper- related to the operational require- ation, docking, direction, construction, ments of ships including transmissions repair, servicing or management of one of fuel, weather, position and supply or more commercial transport vessels reports. However, such communica- or United States, state or local govern- tions may be provided only to ship sta- ment vessels; or is tions whose licensees make cooperative (2) Responsible for the operation, arrangements with the AMTS coast control, maintenance or development station licensees. In emergency and of a harbor, port or waterway used by distress situations, services must be commercial transport vessels; or is provided without prior arrangements. (3) Engaged in furnishing a ship ar- [51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 52 rival and departure service, and will FR 35245, Sept. 18, 1987; 56 FR 3783, Jan. 31, employ the station only for the pur- 1991] pose of obtaining the information es- sential to that service; or is § 80.477 AMTS points of communica- (4) A corporation proposing to fur- tion. nish a nonprofit radio communication (a) AMTS coast stations may com- service to its parent corporation, to an- municate with fixed platform stations other subsidiary of the same parent, or located in the offshore waters of the to its own subsidiary where the party
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to be served performs any of the eligi- tion or marine utility station on shore, bility activities described in this sec- and that the ship station licensee will tion; or is have sufficient control of the ship sta- (5) A nonprofit corporation or asso- tion to enable it to carry out its re- ciation, organized to furnish a mari- sponsibilities under the ship station li- time mobile service solely to persons cense. who operate one or more commercial (b) Cooperative arrangements are transport vessels; or is limited concerning cost and charges as (6) Responsible for the operation of follows: bridges, structures or other installa- (1) The arrangement must be estab- tions that area part of, or directly re- lished on a non-profit, cost-sharing lated to, a harbor, port or waterway basis by written contract. A copy of when the operation of such facilities the contract must be kept with the sta- requires radio communications with tion records and made available for in- vessels for safety or navigation; or is spection by Commission representa- (7) A person controlling public moor- tives. age facilities; or is (2) Contributions to capital and oper- (8) A person servicing or supplying ating expenses are to be prorated on an vessels other than commercial trans- equitable basis among all persons who port vessels; or is are parties to the cooperative arrange- (9) An organized yacht club with ment. Records which reflect the cost of moorage facilities; or is the service and its nonprofit, cost-shar- (10) A nonprofit organization provid- ing nature must be maintained by the ing noncommercial communications to licensee of the station and made avail- vessels other than commercial trans- able for inspection by Commission rep- port vessels. resentatives. (b) Each application for station au- thorization for a private coast station § 80.505 Points of communication. or a marine utility station must be ac- (a) Private coast stations and marine companied by a statement indicating utility stations are authorized to com- eligibility under paragraph (a) of this municate: section. (1) With any mobile station in the § 80.503 Cooperative use of facilities. maritime mobile service for the ex- change of safety communications; (a) A person engaged in the operation of one or more commercial transport (2) With any land station for the pur- vessels or government vessels may re- pose of aiding the exchange of safety ceive maritime mobile service from a communications; private coast station or a marine util- (3) With ship stations. ity station on shore even though not (b) Private coast stations of the same the licensee of the private coast sta- licensee may be authorized to commu- tion or the marine utility station. Re- nicate on a secondary basis between strictions on cooperative arrangements themselves if: are as follows: (1) The communications are confined (1) Foreign persons must be the li- exclusively to those for which author- censees of the radio stations installed ity has been granted the coast station, on board their vessels. and concerns ships with which one or (2) The licensee of a private coast both of the coast stations are author- station or marine utility station on ized to communicate; and shore may install ship radio stations (2) Other satisfactory point-to-point on board United States commercial communication facilities between the transport vessels of other persons. In coast stations are unavailable; and each case these persons must enter (3) Coast stations which commu- into a written agreement verifying nicate with each other are not more that the ship station licensee has the than 160 km (100 miles) apart; and sole right of control of the ship sta- (4) Harmful interference is not cause tions, that the vessel operators must to mobile stations. use the ship stations subject to the or- (c) A private coast station and asso- ders and instructions of the coast sta- ciated marine utility stations serving
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and located on a shipyard regularly en- § 80.511 Assignment limitations. gaged in construction or repair of com- (a) Only one port operation, one com- mercial transport vessels or Govern- ment vessels are authorize to commu- mercial and one non-commerical fre- nicate between stations when they are quency will be assigned to a private licensed to the same entity and com- coast station or marine utility station. munications are limited to serving the Applications for authority to use more needs of ships on a non-interference than one frequency in any one of the basis to other stations in the maritime above three categories must include a mobile service. A separate showing is showing of need as specified below. required. (b) An application for an additional frequency by a person who services ves- § 80.507 Scope of service. sels, must include a description of the (a) A private coast station or marine vessels with which communication is utility station using telephony serves planned and a statement that the ap- the operational and business needs of plicant has personal knowledge that ships including the transmission of the ship radio stations are not capable safety communication. of operating on working frequencies al- (b) In areas where environmental ready assigned to the coast station. communications are provided by U.S. (c) An application for an additional Government stations or by public coast frequency based on congestion of the stations, private coast stations and assigned frequency must show that for marine utility stations on shore must any four periods of 5 consecutive days not duplicate that service. In other each, in the preceeding 6 months, the areas, private coast stations and ma- assigned frequency was in use at least rine utility stations on shore may 25 percent of the time during 3 hours of transmit weather and hydrographic in- daily peak activity. If the application formation required for the ships with for an additional frequency is based on which they normally communicate. the congestion by other nearby sta- Private coast stations may provide en- tions, the showing must include the vironmental communication service in call signs and locations of such sta- areas where adequate service is not tions. available. (c) Each marine utility station on § 80.513 Frequency coordination. shore must be operated as a private (a) Except as provided in paragraphs coast station except that it may be op- (b) and (c) of this section each applica- erated at temporary unspecified loca- tion for a new VHF private coast sta- tions. Marine utility stations on ships tion license or modification of an exist- are operated as ship stations. ing license to be located in an area (d) Each private coast station is au- having a recognized frequency coordi- thorized by rule to use hand-held ma- nating committee must be accom- rine radios in the vicinity of the sta- panied by: tion’s fixed transmitter site on those (1) A report based on a field study, in- frequencies assigned to the private dicating the degree of probable inter- coast station. Hand-held communica- ference to existing stations operating tions must conform to those normally in the same area. The applicant must permitted under a marine utility sta- consider all stations operating on the tion authorization and must be limited working frequency or frequencies re- to contact with the associated private quested or assigned within 80 km (50 coast station and ship stations in the miles) of the proposed station location, vicinity of the private coast station. and [51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 62 (2) The report must include a state- FR 40307, July 28, 1997] ment that all existing licensees on the frequency within 80 km (50 miles) and § 80.509 Frequency assignment. the frequency coordinating committee Frequencies assignable to private have been notified of the applicant’s coast stations and marine utility sta- intention to file an application. The tions are listed in subpart H. notice of intention to file must provide
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the licensees concerned and the advi- vision, Consumer Assistance Branch, sory committee with the following in- Gettysburg, PA 17326. Phone: 800–322– formation: The frequency and emis- 1117. sion; transmitter location and power; (a) The Southern California Marine and the antenna height proposed by the Radio Council serves the California applicant. counties of Santa Barbara, Kern, San (b) Applications for modification Bernardino, Ventura, Los Angeles, Or- need not be accompanied by the field ange, Riverside, San Diego, Imperial study where the modification does not and the Channel Islands. involve any change in frequency(ies), (b) The North Pacific Marine Radio power, emission, antenna height, an- Council serves the following counties tenna location or area of operation. in the State of Washington: Clallam, (c)(1) In lieu of the field study, a Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Mason, statement from a frequency coordinat- Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, ing committee may be submitted with Thurston, and Whatcom. the application. The committee must comment on the requested frequency or [52 FR 35246, Sept. 18, 1987, as amended at 56 the proposed changes in the authorized FR 6583, Feb. 19, 1991; 60 FR 50122, Sept. 28, station and give an opinion regarding 1995] the probable interference to existing stations. The committee must consider § 80.515 Limitations on use. all stations operating on the requested A private coast station or marine frequency within 80 km (50 miles) of utility station using telephony must: the proposed station location. The fre- (a) Not be used for public correspond- quency coordinating committee state- ence; ment must also recommend a fre- (b) Not be used to transmit program quency which will result in the least material for radio broadcasting; and amount of interference to proposed and (c) Not be used to transmit press ma- existing stations. Committee rec- terial or news items which are not re- ommendations may also include com- quired to serve the needs of ships. ments on technical factors and may recommend restrictions to minimize § 80.517 Time limitation on commu- interference. nication. (2) A frequency coordinating commit- All communication engaged in by tee must be representative of all per- private coast stations and marine util- sons who are eligible for VHF private ity stations must be limited to the coast stations within the service area minimum practicable transmission of the recognized frequency coordinat- time. Each station licensee must em- ing committee. A statement of organi- ploy standardized operating practices zation, service area and composition of and procedures. the committee must be submitted to the Commission for approval. The func- § 80.519 Station identification. tions of any coordinating committee are purely advisory to the applicant (a) Stations must identify trans- and the Commission. Its recommenda- missions by announcing in the English tions are not binding upon either the language the station’s assigned call applicant or the Commission. sign. In lieu of the identification of the station by voice, the official call sign § 80.514 Marine VHF frequency coordi- may be transmitted by tone-modulated nating committee(s). telegraphy in international Morse Code This section contains the names of manually or by means of an automatic organizations that have been recog- device approved by the Commission. nized by the Commission to serve as Transmissions on the navigation fre- marine VHF frequency coordinating quency (156.650 MHz) by stations on committees for their respective areas. drawbridges may be identified by use of For frequency advisory committee the name of the bridge in lieu of the mailing address information, write or call sign. Identification must be made: call: FCC, Wireless Telecommuni- (1) At the beginning and end of each cations Bureau, Customer Services Di- exchange of communications and;
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(2) At intervals not exceeding 15 min- (c) Stations located between 16 km utes whenever transmissions or com- (10 miles) and 128 km (80 miles) of a TV munications are sustained for more transmitter operating on either Chan- than 15 minutes. nel 4 or 5, or from the post office of a (b) Marine utility stations, private community in which either channel is coast stations, and associated hand- assigned but not in operation, are sec- held radios, when exchanging commu- ondary to TV operations within the nications, may be identified by a unit Grade B service contour.1 identifier in lieu of the call sign. Iden- [51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986; 51 FR 34984, Oct. 1, tification by transmission of the as- 1986; as amended at 54 FR 40059, Sept. 29, signed call sign must be at the end of 1989] the exchange or at least once every 15 minutes. Subpart M—Stations in the [51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 62 Radiodetermination Service FR 40308, July 28, 1997] § 80.601 Scope of communications. Subpart L—Operational Fixed Stations on land in the Maritime Stations Radiodetermination Service provide a radionavigation or radiolocation serv- § 80.551 Applicability. ice for ships. This subpart contains rules applica- ble to operational fixed stations. § 80.603 Assignment and use of fre- quencies. § 80.553 Supplemental eligibility re- The frequencies available for assign- quirements. ment to shore radionavigation/radio- An applicant for an operational fixed location stations are contained in sub- station must show that: part H of this part. (a) The applicant is the licensee of a coast station; § 80.605 U.S. Coast Guard coordina- tion. (b) Other suitable telecommuni- cations facilities are not available to (a) Radionavigation coast stations satisfy coast station requirements. operated to provide information to aid in the movement of any ship are pri- § 80.555 Scope of communication. vate aids to navigation. Before submit- An operational fixed station provides ting an application for an radio- control, repeater or relay functions for navigation station, an applicant must its associated coast station. obtain written permission from the cognizant Coast Guard District Com- § 80.557 Assignment and use of fre- mander at the area in which the device quencies. will be located. Documentation of the Coast Guard approval must be submit- The specific frequencies for these sta- ted with the application. tions are listed in subpart H of this part. NOTE: Surveillance radar coast stations do not require U.S. Coast Guard approval. § 80.559 Licensing limitations. 1 Operational fixed stations are subject OET Bulletin No. 67, March 1988, entitled ‘‘Potential Interference from Operational to the following licensing limitations: Fixed Stations in the 72–76 MHz Band to Tel- (a) A maximum of four frequencies evision Channels 4 and 5’’ describes an ana- will be assigned. lytical model that can be used to calculate (b) Stations will not be authorized the potential interference that might result when applications indicate less than 16 from a given fixed station operation. Copies km (10 miles) separation between a pro- of the bulletin may be obtained from the posed station and a TV transmitter op- Commission’s current duplication contrac- tor. Information concerning the current du- erating on either Channel 4 or 5, or plication contractor may be obtained from from the post office of a community in the Office of Public Affairs, Consumer As- which either channel is assigned but sistance and Small Business Division, Tele- not in operation. phone (202) 632–7000.
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