§  97.313   Transmitter power standards.

   (a) An amateur station must use the minimum transmitter power necessary
   to carry out the desired communications.

   (b) No station may transmit with a transmitter power exceeding 1.5 kW
   PEP.

   (c) No station may transmit with a transmitter power exceeding 200 W
   PEP:

   (1) On the 10.10–10.15 MHz segment;

   (2) When the control operator is a Novice Class operator or a
   Technician Class operator who has received credit for proficiency in
   telegraphy in accordance with the international requirements; or

   (3) The 7.050-7.075 MHz segment when the station is within ITU Regions
   1 or 3.

   (d) No station may transmit with a transmitter power exceeding 25 W PEP
   on the VHF 1.25 m band when the control operator is a Novice operator.

   (e) No station may transmit with a transmitter power exceeding 5 W PEP
   on the UHF 23 cm band when the control operator is a Novice operator.

   (f) No station may transmit with a transmitter power exceeding 50 W PEP
   on the UHF 70 cm band from an area specified in footnote US7 to § 2.106
   of part 2, unless expressly authorized by the FCC after mutual
   agreement, on a case-by-case basis, between the District Director of
   the applicable field facility and the military area frequency
   coordinator at the applicable military base. An Earth station or
   telecommand station, however, may transmit on the 435–438 MHz segment
   with a maximum of 611 W effective radiated power (1 kW equivalent
   isotropically radiated power) without the authorization otherwise
   required. The transmitting antenna elevation angle between the lower
   half-power (−3 dB relative to the peak or antenna bore sight) point and
   the horizon must always be greater than 10°.

   (g) No station may transmit with a transmitter power exceeding 50 W PEP
   on the 33 cm band from within 241 km of the boundaries of the White
   Sands Missile Range. Its boundaries are those portions of Texas and New
   Mexico bounded on the south by latitude 31°41' North, on the east by
   longitude 104°11' West, on the north by latitude 34°30' North, and on
   the west by longitude 107°30' West.

   (h) No station may transmit with a transmitter power exceeding 50 W PEP
   on the 219–220 MHz segment of the 1.25 m band.

   [ 54 FR 25857 , June 20, 1989, as amended at  56 FR 37161 , Aug. 5, 1991;
    56 FR 3043 , Jan. 28, 1991;  60 FR 15688 , Mar. 27, 1995;  65 FR 6550 , Feb.
   10, 2000;  71 FR 66465 , Nov. 15, 2006]