Goto Section: 97.313 | 97.317 | Table of Contents

FCC 97.315
Revised as of October 1, 2010
Goto Year:2009 | 2011
  §  97.315   Certification of external RF power amplifiers.

   (a) Any external RF power amplifier (see § 2.815 of the FCC Rules)
   manufactured or imported for use at an amateur radio station must be
   certificated for use in the amateur service in accordance with subpart
   J of part 2 of the FCC Rules. No amplifier capable of operation below
   144 MHz may be constructed or modified by a non-amateur service
   licensee without a grant of certification from the FCC.

   (b) The requirement of paragraph (a) does not apply if one or more of
   the following conditions are met:

   (1) The amplifier is constructed or modified by an amateur radio
   operator for use at an amateur station.

   (2) The amplifier was manufactured before April 28, 1978, and has been
   issued a marketing waiver by the FCC, or the amplifier was purchased
   before April 28, 1978, by an amateur radio operator for use at that
   operator's station.

   (3) The amplifier is sold to an amateur radio operator or to a dealer,
   the amplifier is purchased in used condition by a dealer, or the
   amplifier is sold to an amateur radio operator for use at that
   operator's station.

   (c) Any external RF power amplifier appearing in the Commission's
   database as certificated for use in the amateur service may be marketed
   for use in the amateur service.

   [ 71 FR 66465 , Nov. 15, 2006]


Goto Section: 97.313 | 97.317

Goto Year: 2009 | 2011
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