Sec.  80.123   Service to stations on land.

   Marine VHF public coast stations, including AMTS coast stations, may provide
   public correspondence service to stations on land in accordance with the
   following:

   (a) The public coast station licensee must provide each associated land
   station with a letter, which shall be presented to authorized FCC
   representatives upon request, acknowledging that the land station may
   operate under the authority of the associated public coast station's
   license:

   (b) Each public coast station serving stations on land must afford priority
   to marine-originating communications through any appropriate electrical or
   mechanical means.

   (c) Land station identification shall consist of the associated public coast
   station's call sign, followed by a unique numeric or alphabetic unit
   identifier;

   (d) Radio equipment used on land must be type accepted for use under part
   22, part 80, or part 90 of this chapter. Such equipment must operate only on
   the public correspondence channels authorized for use by the associated
   public coast station;

   (e) Transmitter power shall be in accordance with the limits set in  Sec. 80.215
   for ship stations and antenna height shall be limited to 6.1 meters (20
   feet) above ground level;

   (f) Land stations may only communicate with public coast stations and must
   remain within radio range of associated public coast stations; and,

   (g) The land station must cease operation immediately upon written notice by
   the Commission to the associated public coast station that the land station
   is causing harmful interference to marine communications.

   [ 62 FR 40304 , July 28, 1997]

Special Procedures—Private Coast Stations