Goto Section: 95.191 | 95.193 | Table of Contents

FCC 95.192
Revised as of September 29, 2014
Goto Year:2013 | 2015
§ 95.192   (FRS Rule 2) Authorized locations.

   (a) Provided that you comply with these rules, you are authorized to
   operate an FRS unit:

   (1) Within or over any area of the world where radio services are
   regulated by the FCC (this area includes the fifty United States and
   the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United
   States Virgin Islands (50 islets and cays), American Samoa (seven
   islands), the Commonwealth of Northern Marianna Islands, and Guam
   Island);

   (2) Within or over any other area of the world, except within or over
   the territorial limits of areas where radio services are regulated by
   an agency of the United States other than the FCC or any foreign
   government (you are subject to its rules);

   (3) Aboard any vessel or aircraft registered in the United States, with
   the permission of the captain, that is within or over any area of the
   world where radio services are regulated by the FCC or upon or over
   international waters;

   (4) or; Aboard any unregistered vessel or aircraft owned or operated by
   a United States citizen or company that is within or over any area of
   the world where radio services are regulated by the FCC or upon or over
   international waters.

   (5) You must operate the FRS unit only according to any applicable
   treaty to which the United States is a party. The FCC will make public
   notice of any such conditions.

   (b)-(c) [Reserved]

   (d) Anyone intending to operate an FRS unit on the islands of Puerto
   Rico, Desecheo, Mona, Vieques, and Culebra in a manner that could pose
   an interference threat to the Arecibo Observatory, shall notify the
   Interference Office, Arecibo Observatory, HC3 Box 53995, Arecibo,
   Puerto Rico 00612, in writing or electronically, of the location of the
   unit. Operators may wish to consult interference guidelines, which will
   be provided by Cornell University. Operators who choose to transmit
   information electronically should e-mail to: prcz@naic.edu.

   (1) The notification to the Interference Office, Arecibo Observatory
   shall be made 45 days prior to commencing operation of the unit. The
   notification shall state the geographical coordinates of the unit.

   (2) After receipt of such notifications, the Commission will allow the
   Arecibo Observatory a period of 20 days for comments or objections. The
   operator will be required to make reasonable efforts in order to
   resolve or mitigate any potential interference problem with the Arecibo
   Observatory. If the Commission determines that an operator has
   satisfied its responsibility to make reasonable efforts to protect the
   Observatory from interference, the unit may be allowed to operate.

   [ 61 FR 28768 , June 6, 1996, as amended at  62 FR 55535 , Oct. 27, 1997;
    63 FR 68976 , Dec. 14, 1998;  70 FR 31374 , June 1, 2005]

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Goto Section: 95.191 | 95.193

Goto Year: 2013 | 2015
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