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§ 97.119
Station identification.
(a) Each
amateur station, except a
space station or
telecommand station, must transmit its assigned call sign on its transmitting channel at the end of each communication, and at least every
10 minutes during a communication, for the purpose of clearly making the source of the transmissions from the
station known to those receiving the transmissions. No
station may transmit unidentified communications or signals, or transmit as the
station call sign, any call sign not authorized to the
station.
(b) The call sign must be transmitted with an emission authorized for the transmitting channel in one of the following ways:
(1) By a
CW emission. When keyed by an automatic device used only for identification, the speed must not exceed 20 words per minute;
(2) By a
phone emission in the English language. Use of a phonetic alphabet as an aid for correct
station identification is encouraged;
(3) By a
RTTY emission using a specified digital code when all or part of the communications are transmitted by a
RTTY or
data emission;
(4) By an
image emission conforming to the applicable transmission standards, either color or monochrome, of
§ 73.682(a) of the
FCC Rules when all or part of the communications are transmitted in the same
image emission
(c) One or more
indicators may be included with the call sign. Each
indicator must be separated from the call sign by the slant mark (/) or by any suitable word that denotes the slant mark. If an
indicator is self-assigned, it must be included before, after, or both before and after, the call sign. No self-assigned
indicator may conflict with any other
indicator specified by the
FCC Rules or with any prefix assigned to another country.
(d) When transmitting in conjunction with an event of special significance, a
station may substitute for its assigned call sign a special event call sign as shown for that
station for that period of time on the common
data base coordinated, maintained and disseminated by the special event call sign
data base coordinators. Additionally, the
station must transmit its assigned call sign at least once per hour during such transmissions.
(e) When the operator license class held by the
control operator exceeds that of the
station licensee, an
indicator consisting of the call sign assigned to the
control operator's
station must be included after the call sign.
(f) When the
control operator is a person who is exercising the rights and privileges authorized by
§ 97.9(b) of this part, an
indicator must be included after the call sign as follows:
(1) For a
control operator who has requested a license modification from Novice Class to Technical Class: KT;
(2) For a
control operator who has requested a license modification from Novice or Technician to General Class: AG;
(3) For a
control operator who has requested a license modification from Novice, Technician, General, or Advanced Class to Amateur Extra Class: AE.
(g) When the
station is transmitting under the authority of
§ 97.107 of this part, an
indicator consisting of the appropriate letter-numeral designating the
station location must be included before the call sign that was issued to the
station by the country granting the license. For an
amateur service license granted by the Government of Canada, however, the
indicator must be included after the call sign. At least once during each intercommunication, the identification announcement must include the geographical location as nearly as possible by city and
state, commonwealth or possession.
[
54 FR 25857, June 20, 1989, as amended at
54 FR 39535, Sept. 27, 1989;
55 FR 30457, July 26, 1990;
56 FR 28, Jan. 2, 1991;
62 FR 17567, Apr. 10, 1997;
63 FR 68980, Dec. 14, 1998;
64 FR 51471, Sept. 23, 1999;
66 FR 20752, Apr. 25, 2001;
75 FR 78171, Dec. 15, 2010]