§97.407 Radio amateur civil emergency service.
(a) No station may transmit in RACES unless it is an
FCC-licensed primary, club, or military recreation station and it is certified
by a civil defense organization as registered with that organization, or it is
an FCC-licensed RACES station. No person may be the control operator of a RACES
station, or may be the control operator of an amateur station transmitting in
RACES unless that person holds a FCC-issued amateur operator license and is
certified by a civil defense organization as enrolled in that organization.
(b) The frequency bands and segments and emissions authorized
to the control operator are available to stations transmitting communications in
RACES on a shared basis with the amateur service. In the event of an emergency
which necessitates the invoking of the President's War Emergency Powers under
the provisions of Section 706 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47
U.S.C. §606, RACES stations and amateur stations participating in RACES may only
transmit on the following frequencies:
(1) The 1800-1825 kHz, 1975-2000 kHz, 3.50-3.55 MHz,
3.93-3.98 MHz, 3.984-4.000 MHz, 7.079-7.125 MHz, 7.245-7.255 MHz,
10.10-10.15 MHz, 14.047-14.053 MHz, 14.22-14.23 MHz, 14.331-14.350 MHz,
21.047-21.053 MHz, 21.228-21.267 MHz, 28.55-28.75 MHz, 29.237-29.273 MHz,
29.45-29.65 MHz, 50.35-50.75 MHz, 52-54 MHz, 144.50-145.71 MHz, 146-148 MHz,
2390-2450 MHz segments;
(2) The 1.25 m, 70 cm, and 23 cm bands; and
(3) The channels at 3.997 and 53.30 MHz may be used in
emergency areas when required to make initial contact with a military unit
and for communications with military stations on matters requiring
coordination.
(c) A RACES station may only communicate with:
(1) Another RACES station;
(2) An amateur station registered with a civil defense
organization;
(3) A United States Government station authorized by the
responsible agency to communicate with RACES stations;
(4) A station in a service regulated by the FCC whenever
such communication is authorized by the FCC.
(d) An amateur station registered with a civil defense
organization may only communicate with:
(1) A RACES station licensed to the civil defense
organization with which the amateur station is registered;
(2) The following stations upon authorization of the
responsible civil defense official for the organization with which the
amateur station is registered:
(i) A RACES station licensed to another civil defense
organization;
(ii) An amateur station registered with the same or
another civil defense organization;
(iii) A United States Government station authorized by
the responsible agency to communicate with RACES stations; and
(iv) A station in a service regulated by the FCC whenever
such communication is authorized by the FCC.
(e) All communications transmitted in RACES must be
specifically authorized by the civil defense organization for the area served.
Only civil defense communications of the following types may be transmitted:
(1) Messages concerning impending or actual conditions
jeopardizing the public safety, or affecting the national defense or
security during periods of local, regional, or national civil emergencies;
(2) Messages directly concerning the immediate safety of
life of individuals, the immediate protection of property, maintenance of
law and order, alleviation of human suffering and need, and the combating of
armed attack or sabotage;
(3) Messages directly concerning the accumulation and
dissemination of public information or instructions to the civilian
population essential to the activities of the civil defense organization or
other authorized governmental or relief agencies; and
(4) Communications for RACES training drills and tests
necessary to ensure the establishment and maintenance of orderly and
efficient operation of the RACES as ordered by the responsible civil defense
organization served. Such drills and tests may not exceed a total time of 1
hour per week. With the approval of the chief officer for emergency planning
in the applicable State, Commonwealth, District, or territory, however, such
tests and drills may be conducted for a period not to exceed 72 hours no
more than twice in any calendar year.
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