SUBCHAPTER D-SAFETY AND SPECIAL RADIO SERVICES PART 81-STATIONS ON LAND IN THE MARITIME SERVICES NOTE 1: See Commission Order (FCC 61764 adopted June 21, 1961, effective July 20, 1961, in Docket 14029), 26 F.R. 5798, June 29, 1961, providing for licensing of Private Microwave Systems on a Regular Basis on certain bands above 952 Mc/s and providing type acceptance for such systems. NOTE 2: See Commission Order (FCC 61952 adopted July 26, 1961, effective Sept. 1, 1961, in Docket 13953), 26 F.R. 6849, Aug. 1, 1961, providing for frequency pairing in the 952-960 Mc/s band and making certain other channels in the 952-960 Mc/s band available for omni-directional operations. NOTE 3: See Commission Order (FCC 611492) of Dec. 20, 1961, 26 F.R. 12519, Dec. 27, 1961, providing for the modification of licenses of coast and ship stations in Alaska and on the Mississippi River by the addition of certain frequencies. The general authorization shall be for a period which shall extend from December 22, 1961, until termination of the present license authority, of coast and ship stations affected, by the issuance of a modified or renewal license in response to an application therefor. All provisions in Part 81 which are inconsistent with the above authorization are hereby waived for the period specified. Sec. 81.35 81.36 81.37 81.39 81.40 81.41 81.42 81.43 81.44 81.45 81.46 81.47 81.48 81.61 81.62 Application for station license. Applications filed concurrently. Application for special temporary au thority for installation and operation of transmitting apparatus. Applications for consent to assignment of construction permit or station license or for consent to transfer of control of corporation holding same. Application precedent to hearing. Failure to prosecute applications. Inconsistent or conflicting applications. Applications for authority to discontinue, reduce or impair service provided by a public coast station. Request for amendment or waiver of rules. Applications in an emergency. Subpart C-Station Authorization Construction period. Forfeiture of construction permit. Equipment and service tests. License term. One authorization for plurality of stations. Transfer or assignment of station authorization. Assignment of call signs. Operation during emergency. Notice of involuntary discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of service. Notice of voluntary discontinuance, reduction or impairment of service. Cancellation of license. Authorized station location. 81.2 General. 81.72 81.73 81.74 81.75 81.76 Subpart D-General Station Requirements tions. Posting station licenses and transmitter identification cards or plates. 81.103 Requirements concerning station 10 81.102 Changes prior to completion of station. 81.110 Maintenance of transmitter power. Modulation requirements. 81.112 General requirements for receiving apparatus. 81.551 81.552 Answers to notice of violation. Reports of infringements of the International Radio Regulations. AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 81 issued under 48 Stat. 1066, 1082, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 154, 303. Interpret or apply 48 Stat. 1064-1068, 1081-1105, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 151-155, 301-609. (a) The basis for the rules in this part is the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and applicable treaties and agreements to which the United States is a party. The rules in this part are issued pursuant to the authority contained in the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, which vests authority in the Federal Communications Commission to regulate common carriers of interstate and foreign communications, to regulate radio transmissions and to issue licenses for radio stations. (b) The purpose of the rules and regulations in this part is to prescribe the manner in which portions of the radio spectrum may be made available for the use of radio for maritime operations which require radio transmitting facilities on land. [28 F.R. 13962, Dec. 21, 1963] Subpart A-Definition of Terms SOURCE: The provisions of this Subpart A appear at 28 F.R. 13694, Dec. 21, 1963, except as otherwise noted. Government of the United States and other Contracting Governments. (b) Telecommunication. Any transmission, emission, or reception of signs, signals, writing, images, and sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. Telecom (c) Radiocommunication. munication by means of radio waves. (d) Public correspondence. Any telecommunication which the offices and stations must, by reason of their being at the disposal of the public, accept for transmission. (e) Station. One or more transmitters or receivers or a combination of transmitters and receivers, including the accessory equipment, necessary at one location for carrying on a radiocommunication service. Each station shall be classified by the service in which it operates permanently or temporarily. (f) Station authorization. Any valid construction permit, station license, or special temporary authority for use of a station, issued by the Commission. (g) Person. Includes an individual, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, or corporation. (h) Permittee. A person who holds a valid station construction permit. (i) Hours of service. The period of time during each calendar day when a station is used, in conformity with the terms of the station authorization, for the rendition of its normal service. (j) Day. Where the word "day" is applied to the use of a specific frequency assignment or to a specific authorized transmitter power, such use of the word "day" shall be construed to mean transmission on such frequency assignment or with such authorized transmitter power during that period of time included between 1 hour after local sunrise and 1 hour before local sunset. (k) Radio district. The territory within each radio district, and the address of the Engineer in Charge of each radio district, is set out in § 0.121 of this chapter. (1) Commercial transport vessel. Any ship or vessel which is used primarily in commerce (1) for transporting persons or goods to or from any harbor(s) or port(s) or between places within a harbor or port area, or (2) in connection with the construction, change in construction, servicing, maintenance, repair, loading, unloading, movement, piloting, or salvaging of any other ship or vessel. (m) Mile. As used in this part, the term "mile" means a statute mile or 5,280 feet. (n) Installed. As used in this part with respect to the requirements of radio apparatus in stations on land subject to this part, the term "installed" means installed in the particular station or vehicle to which the pertinent rule or regulation involving the use of this term is applied. (0) Shipyard land mobile unit. A land vehicle operated and controlled by a shipyard and used for the transportation of shipyard personnel, material, or supplies. § 81.3 Maritime mobile service. (a) Mobile service. A service of radiocommunication between mobile and land stations, or between mobile stations. (b) Maritime and land mobile service (1) Maritime mobile service. A mobile service between coast stations and ship stations, or between ship stations, in which survival craft stations may also (Aircraft stations, when participate. transmitting on frequencies allocated to the maritime mobile service, may communicate in this service with ship stations and coast stations.) (2) Land mobile service. A mobile service between base stations and land mobile stations, or between land mobile stations. (Only land mobile service carried on exclusively for maritime purposes is governed by this part.) (c) Mobile station. A station in the mobile service intended to be used while in motion or during halts at unspecified points. (d) Land station. A station in the mobile service not intended to be used while in motion. (e) Coast station. A land station in the maritime mobile service. (f) Public coast station. A coast station open to public correspondence. (g) Limited coast station. A coast station, not open to public correspondence, which serves the operational and business needs of ships. (h) Class I coast station. A coast station (public or limited) licensed to provide a maritime mobile service to ships at sea, including such service over distances up to several thousand miles, whose frequency assignment for this purpose includes appropriate frequencies and of this section. desig k. Operational testgnator. The letter 1′ 3′′ r P. appended a te e "ass ass ass 39 hese terms are tefined in paragraphs 1. 1 hates that the cast stations icensed a Fender Acmai service by means of A legracry 3 zlephony or F fa comde. The designator " means "Leal" and is wed a ndicate in leu of a separate class coast sacon 1cense for the me katon that a class I or a cass station provides maridime mcicle service of a local character on a frequency or frequencies above 30 Mc addition to its service in other frequencies. Operamonal designators are wed individually or in combinators of swo or more as may be appropriate to a parncular ecast station. Examples of coast station classicamcn for regulatory and administrative purposes in accordance with these rules: Puble 1-A, Public II-B Limited -A. Limited -BP. Priblic II-AB, Public II-BL, Public 1-AL etc. (1) Marine-utility coast station. A coast station, readily portable for use as a limited coast station at unspecified points ashore within a designated local (m) Marine-utility ship station. A ship station, readily portable for use as a limited ship station on močile vessels within a designated local area. (n) Marine-utility station. 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Imics of a country or conti noble sacco on a shipyard land mobile are or more shipyard base stations of unit used for communication solely with the same Scensee within a local geograpine area designated by the Commis of information relating to position, by means of the propagation properties of radio waves. (b) Radiodetermination service. A service involving the use of radiodetermination (c) Maritime radiodetermination sersice. A radiodetermination service intended for the benefit of ships. (d) Radionavigation. Radiodetermination used for the purposes of navigation, including obstruction warning. (e) Radionavigation service. A radiodetermination service involving the use of radionavigation. (f) Maritime radionavigation service. A radionavigation service intended for the benefit of ships. (g) Radionavigation land station. A station in the radionavigation service not intended to be used while in motion. (h) Shore radionavigation station. A radionavigation land station performing a maritime radionavigation service. (i) Radar. A radiodetermination system based on the comparison of reference signals with radio signals reflected. or retransmitted, from the position to be determined. |