Goto Section: 95.191 | 95.193 | Table of Contents

FCC 95.192
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 | 2016
§ 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: 2014 | 2016
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