§  80.405   Station license.

   (a) Requirement. Except as provided in § 80.13(c), stations must have
   an authorization granted by the Federal Communications Commission.

   (b) Application. Application for authorizations in the maritime
   services must be submitted on the prescribed forms in accordance with
   subpart B of this part.

   (c) Posting. (1) The current station authorization for a station other
   than a public coast station, or a clearly legible copy, must be posted
   at the principal control point of each station. If a copy is posted, it
   must indicate the location of the original. When the station license
   cannot be posted as in the case of a marine utility station operating
   at temporary unspecified locations or the ship or recreational boat
   does not have an enclosed wheelhouse, it must be kept where it will be
   readily available for inspection. The licensee of a station on board a
   ship subject to Part II or III or Title III of the Communications Act
   or the Safety Convention must retain the most recently expired ship
   station license in the station records until the first Commission
   inspection after the expiration date.

   (2) Public coast stations authorized under this part must make
   available either a clearly legible copy of the authorization for each
   station at the principal control point of the station or an address or
   location where the current authorization may be found and a telephone
   number of that authorization's representative.

   [ 51 FR 31213 , Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at  62 FR 40307 , July 28, 1997;
    68 FR 46972 , Aug. 7, 2003;  69 FR 64676 , Nov. 8, 2004]