Uniden America UT563 User Manual

FCC Part 95

Subpart D

CB Radio

Service Rules

Subpart D—Citizens
Band (CB) Radio
Service

General Provisions

§ 95.401 (CB Rule 1) What
are the Citizens Band Radio
Services?

The Citizens Band Radio Services
are:

(a) The Citizens Band (CB)
Radio Service—a private,
two-way, short-distance voice
communications service for
personal or business activities of
the general public. The CB Radio
Service may also be used for
voice paging.

(b) The Family Radio Service
(FRS)—a private, two-way,
very short-distance voice and
data communications service
for facilitating family and group
activities. The rules for this
service are contained in subpart B
of this part.

(c) The Low Power Radio
Service (LPRS)—a private, short­distance communication service
providing auditory assistance to
persons with disabilities, persons
who require language translation,
and persons in educational

settings,
the ill, law enforcement tracking
services in cooperation with law
enforcement, and point-to-point
network control communications
for Automated Marine
Telecommunications System
(AMTS) coast stations licensed
under part 80 of this chapter. The
rules for this service are listed
under subpart G of this part. Two­way voice communications are
prohibited.

(d) The Medical Device
Radiocommunication Service
(MedRadio)—an ultra-low power
radio service, for the transmission
of non-voice data for the purpose
of facilitating diagnostic and/or
therapeutic functions involving
implanted and body-worn medical
devices. The rules for this service
are contained in subpart I of this
part.

(e) The Wireless Medical
Telemetry Service (WMTS)—a
private, short distance data
communication service for
the transmission of patient
medical information to a central
monitoring location in a hospital
or other medical facility. Voice
and video communications are
prohibited. Waveforms such as
electrocardiograms (ECGs) are
not considered video. The rules

health care assistance to

for this service are contained in
subpart H of this part.

(f) The Multi-Use Radio
Service (MURS)—a private,
two-way, short-distance voice or
data communications service for
personal or business activities
of the general public. The rules
for this service are contained in
subpart J of this part.

(g) Dedicated Short-Range
Communications Service On­Board Units (DSRCS-OBUs).
The rules for this service are
contained in subpart L of this part.
DSRCS-OBUs may communicate
with DSRCS Roadside Units
(RSUs), which are authorized
under part 90 of this chapter.
DSRCS, RSU, and OBU are
dened in § 90.7 of this chapter.

§ 95.402 (CB Rule 2) How do I
use these rules?

(a) You must comply with these
rules (See CB Rule 21 § 95.421,
for the penalties for violations)
when you operate a station in the
CB Service from:

(1) Within or over the
territorial limits of places where
radio services are regulated by the
FCC (see CB Rule 5, § 95.405);

(2) Aboard any vessel or
aircraft registered in the United

States; or

(3) Aboard any unregistered
vessel or aircraft owned or
operated by a United States
citizen or company.

(b) Your CB station must
comply with technical rules found
in subpart E of part 95.

(c) Where the rules use the word
‘‘you’’, ‘‘you’’ means a person
operating a CB station.

(d) Where the rules use the
word ‘‘person,’’ the rules are
concerned with an individual,
a corporation, a partnership,
an association, a joint stock
company, a trust, a state,
territorial or local government
unit, or other legal entity.

(e) Where the rules use the term
‘‘FCC’’, that means the Federal
Communications Commission.

(f) Where the rules use the term
‘‘CB station’’, that means a radio
station transmitting in the CB
Radio Service.

§ 95.403 (CB Rule 3) Am I
eligible to operate a CB station?

You are authorized to operate a CB
station unless:

(a) You are a foreign
government, a representative of a
foreign government, or a federal
government agency; or

(b) The FCC has issued a cease
and desist order to you, and the
order is still in effect.

§ 95.404 (CB Rule 4) Do I need a
license?

You do not need an individual
license to operate a CB station. You
are authorized by this rule to operate
your CB station in accordance with
the rules in this subpart.

(7) Baker Island.

(8) Commonwealth of
Northern Mariana Islands.

(9) Guam Island.

(10) Howland Island.

(11) Jarvis Island.

(12) Johnston Island (Islets
East, Johnston, North and
Sand).

§ 95.405 (CB Rule 5) Where may
I operate my CB station?

You are authorized to operate your
CB station from:

(a) Within or over any area of
the world where radio services are
regulatedby the FCC. Those areas
are within the territorial limits of:

(1) The fty United States.

(2) The District of Columbia.

Caribbean Insular areas

(3) Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico.

(4) Navassa Island.

(5) United States Virgin
Islands (50 islets and cays).

Pacific Insular areas

(6) American Samoa (seven
islands).

(13) Kingman Reef.

(14) Midway Island (Islets
Eastern and Sand).

(15) Palmyra Island (more
than 50 islets).

(16) Wake Island (Islets
Peale, Wake and Wilkes).

(b) Any other area of the world,
except within the territorial limits
of areas where radio services are
regulated by—

(1) An agency of the United
States other than the FCC. (You
are subject to its rules.)

(2) Any foreign government.
(You are subject to its rules.)

(c) An aircraft or ship, with the
permission of the captain, within
or over any area of the world
where radio services are regulated
by the FCC or upon or over
international waters. You must
operate your CB station according

to any applicable treaty to which
the United States is a party.

(d) Anyone intending to operate
a CB station on the islands of
Puerto Rico, Desecheo, Mona,
Vieques, and Culebra in a manner
that could pose an interference
threat to the Arecibo Observatory
shall notify the Interference
Ofce,
Box 53995, Arecibo, Puerto Rico
00612, in writing or electronically,
of the location of the unit.
Operators may wish to consult
interference guidelines, which will
be provided by Cornell University.
Operators who choose to transmit
information electronically should
e-mail to: [e-mail].

Interference Ofce, Arecibo
Observatory shall be made
45 days prior to commencing
operation of the unit. The
notication shall state the
geographical coordinates of the
unit.

notications, the Commission will
allow the Arecibo Observatory a
period of 20 days for comments
or objections. The operator will
be required to make reasonable
efforts in order to resolve or
mitigate any potential interference
problem with the Arecibo

Arecibo Observatory, HC3

(1) The notication to the

(2) After receipt of such

Observatory. If the Commission
determines that an operator has
satised its responsibility to make
reasonable efforts to protect the
Observatory from interference,
the unit may be allowed to
operate.

§ 95.406 (CB Rule 6) Are there
any special restrictions on the
location of my CB station?

(a) If your CB station is located
on premises controlled by the
Department of Defense you
may be required to comply with
additional regulations imposed
by the commanding ofcer of the
installation.

(b) If your C/B station
will be constructed on an
environmentally sensitive site,
or will be operated in such a
manner as to raise environmental
problems, under § 1.1307 of this
chapter, you must provide an
environmental assessment, as set
forth in § 1.1311 of this chapter,
and undergo the environmental
review, § 1.1312 of this chapter,
before commencement of
construction.

HOW TO OPERATE A CB
STATION

§ 95.407 (CB Rule 7) On what
channels may I operate?