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�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.
The
Suffolk County R.A.C.E.S. Radio Officer is Bill Schiebel, N2NFI.
The Suffolk County
A.R.E.S. District Emergency Coordinator is Bill Schiebel, N2NFI.
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