Operation Manual

WHAT EVERY RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS
BAND (CB) STATION OPERATOR SHOULD
KNOW AS PREPARED BY THE FEDERAL
COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION,
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Subpart D-Citizens Band (CB) Radio Service
General Provisions
Sec. 95.401 (CB Rule 1) What is the Citizens Band Radio
Services?
The Citizens Band (CB) Radio Service is 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.
Sec. 95.401 (CB Rule 2) How do I use these rules?
(a) You must comply with these rules (See CB Rule 21 Sec.
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, Sec.
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 con-
cerned 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.
Sec. 95.403 (CB Rule 3) Am I eligible to operate a CB sta-
tion?
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.
Sec. 95.404 (CB Rule 4) Do I need a license?
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