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FCC Regulations - Part 97 Amateur Radio Service
[Effective Oct 1, 2006.]
Subpart E Providing Emergency Communications
Sec. 97.401 Operation during a disaster.
(a) When normal communication systems are overloaded, damaged or
disrupted because a disaster has occurred, or is likely to occur, in an
area where the amateur service is regulated by the FCC, an amateur
station may make transmissions necessary to meet essential communication
needs and facilitate relief actions.
(b) When a disaster disrupts normal communication systems in a
particular area, the FCC may declare a temporary state of communication
emergency.
The declaration will set forth any special conditions and special rules
to be observed by stations during the communication emergency. A request
for a declaration of a temporary state of emergency should be directed
to the EIC in the area concerned.
(c) A station in, or within 92.6 km of, Alaska may transmit
emissions J3E and R3E on the channel at 5.1675 Mhz for emergency
communications. The channel must be shared with stations licensed in the
Alaska-private fixed service. The transmitter power must not exceed 150
W.
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