Sec. 23.32  Equipment and service tests.

    (a) Upon completion of construction of a radio station in exact 
accordance with the terms of the construction permit, the technical 
provisions of the application therefor and the other applicable 
provisions of this part and prior to filing of application for license, 
the permittee is authorized to test the equipment for a period not to 
exceed 10 days: Provided, That:
    (1) The engineer in charge of the district in which the station is 
located is notified 2 days in advance of the beginning of tests.
    (2) The Commission may notify the permittee to conduct no tests or 
may cancel, suspend, or change the date of beginning for the period of 
such tests as and when such action may appear to be in the public 
interest, convenience, and necessity.
    (b) When construction and equipment tests are completed in exact 
accordance with the terms of the construction permit, the technical 
provisions of the application therefor, and the other applicable 
provisions of this part, and after an application for station license 
has been filed with the Commission showing the transmitter to be in 
satisfactory operating condition, the permittee is authorized to conduct 
service tests in exact accordance with the terms of the construction 
permit for a period not to exceed 30 days: Provided, That:
    (1) The engineer in charge of the district in which the station is 
located is notified 2 days in advance of the beginning of the tests.
    (2) The Commission reserves the right to cancel such tests or 
suspend, or change the date of beginning for the period of such tests as 
and when such action may appear to be in the public

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interest, convenience, and necessity by notifying the permittee.
    (3) Service tests will not be authorized after the expiration date 
of the construction permit.
    (c) The authorization for tests embodied in paragraphs (a) and (b) 
of this section shall not be construed as constituting a license to 
operate but as a necessary part of the construction.