[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 47CFR97.109]



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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

 

PART 97_AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE--Table of Contents

 

                  Subpart B_Station Operation Standards

 

Sec.  97.109  Station control.



    (a) Each amateur station must have at least one control point.

    (b) When a station is being locally controlled, the control operator 

must be at the control point. Any station may be locally controlled.

    (c) When a station is being remotely controlled, the control 

operator must be at the control point. Any station may be remotely 

controlled.

    (d) When a station is being automatically controlled, the control 

operator need not be at the control point. Only stations specifically 

designated elsewhere in this part may be automatically controlled. 

Automatic control must cease upon notification by a District Director 

that the station is transmitting improperly or causing harmful 

interference to other stations. Automatic control must not be resumed 

without prior approval of the District Director.

    (e) No station may be automatically controlled while transmitting 

third party communications, except a station transmitting a RTTY or data 

emission. All messages that are retransmitted must originate at a 

station that is being locally or remotely controlled.



[54 FR 39535, Sept. 27, 1989, as amended at 60 FR 26001, May 16, 1995; 

69 FR 24997, May 5, 2004]