§ 80.89   Unauthorized transmissions.

   Stations must not:

   (a) Engage in superfluous radiocommunication.

   (b) Use telephony on 243 MHz.

   (c) Use selective calling on 2182 kHz or 156.800 MHz.

   (d) When using telephony, transmit signals or communications not addressed
   to a particular station or stations. This provision does not apply to the
   transmission of distress, alarm, urgency, or safety signals or messages, or
   to test transmissions.

   (e) Transmit while on board vessels located on land unless authorized under
   a public coast station license. Vessels in the following situations are not
   considered to be on land for the purposes of this paragraph:

   (1) Vessels which are aground due to a distress situation;

   (2) Vessels in drydock undergoing repairs; and

   (3) State or local government vessels which are involved in search and
   rescue operations including related training exercises.

   (f) Transmit on frequencies or frequency bands not authorized on the current
   station license.

   [ 51 FR 31213 , Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at  52 FR 35244 , Sept. 18, 1987;  62 FR 40304 , July 28, 1997;  68 FR 46960 , Aug. 7, 2003]

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