Sec. 80.102  Radiotelephone station identification.

    This section applies to all stations using telephony which are 
subject to this part.
    (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this section, 
stations must give the call sign in English. Identification must be 
made:
    (1) At the beginning and end of each communication with any other 
station.
    (2) At 15 minute intervals when transmission is sustained for more

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than 15 minutes. When public correspondence is being exchanged with a 
ship or aircraft station, the identification may be deferred until the 
completion of the communications.
    (b) Private coast stations located at drawbridges and transmitting 
on the navigation frequency 156.650 MHz may identify by use of the name 
of the bridge in lieu of the call sign.
    (c) Ship stations transmitting on any authorized VHF bridge-to-
bridge channel may be identified by the name of the ship in lieu of the 
call sign.
    (d) Ship stations operating in a vessel traffic service system or on 
a waterway under the control of a U.S. Government agency or a foreign 
authoriy, when communicating with such an agency or authority may be 
identified by the name of the ship in lieu of the call sign, or as 
directed by the agency or foreign authority.
    (e) VHF public coast station may identify by means of the 
approximate geographic location of the station or the area it serves 
when it is the only VHF public coast station serving the location or 
there will be no conflict with the identification of any other station.
[ 51 FR 31213 , Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at  52 FR 35244 , Sept. 18, 1987]