User's Manual

Sec. 95.414 (CB Rule 14) May I be paid
to use my CB station?
(a) You may not accept direct or
indirect payment for transmitting with a
CB station.
(b) You may use a CB station to
help you provide a service, and be paid
for that service, as long as you are paid
only for the service and not for the actual
use of the CB station.
Sec. 95.415 (CB Rule 15) Who is
responsible for communications I
make?
You are responsible for all
communications which are made by you
from a CB station.
Sec. 95.416 (CB Rule 16) Do I
have to limit the length of my
communications?
(a) You must limit your CB
communications to the minimum
practical time.
(b) If you are communicating with
another CB station or stations, you, and
the stations communicating with you,
must limit each of your conversations to
no more than ve continuous minutes.
(c) At the end of your conversation,
you, and the stations communicating
with you, must not transmit again for at
least one minute.
Sec. 95.417 (CB Rule 17) Do I identify
my CB communications?
(a) You need not identify your CB
communications.
(b) [You are encouraged to identify
your CB communications by any of the
following means:
(1) Previously assigned CB call
sign;
(2) K prex followed by operator
initials and residence zip code;
(3) Name; or
(4) Organizational description
including name and any applicable
operator unit number.]
(c) [You are encouraged to use
your “handle” only in conjunction with
the methods of identication listed in
paragraph (b) of this section.]
Sec. 95.418 (CB Rule 18) How do I use
my CB station in an emergency or to
assist a traveler?
(a) You must at all times and on
all channels, give priority to emergency
communications.
(b) When you are directly
participating in emergency
communications, you do not have
to comply with the rule about length
of transmissions (CB Rule 16, Sec.
95.416). You must obey all other rules.
(c) You may use your CB station
for communications necessary to assist
a traveler to reach a destination or to
receive necessary services. When you
are using your CB station to assist a
traveler, you do not have to obey the rule
about length of transmissions (CB Rule
16, Sec. 95.416). You must obey all other
rules.
(d) You may use your CB station
to transmit one-way communications
concerning highway conditions to assist
travelers.
[48 FR 24894, June 3, 1983, as amended
at 57 FR 22442, May 28, 1992]
Sec. 95.419 (CB Rule 19) May I operate
my CB station transmitter by remote
control?
(a) You may not operate a CB
station transmitter by radio remote
control.
(b) You may operate a CB
transmitter by wireline remote control if
you obtain specic approval in writing
from the FCC. To obtain FCC approval,
you must show why you need to operate
your station by wireline remote control.
If you receive FCC approval, you must
keep the approval as part of your station
records. See CB Rule 27, Sec. 95.427.
(c) Remote control means operation
of a CB transmitter from any place other
than the location of the CB transmitter.
Direct mechanical control or direct
electrical control by wire from some point
on the same premises, craft or vehicle
as the CB transmitter is not considered
remote control.
[48 FR 24894, June 3, 1983, as
amended at 57 FR 40343, Sept. 3, 1992;
63 FR 68976, Dec. 14, 1998]
Sec. 95.420 (CB Rule 20) May I
connect my CB station transmitter to
a telephone?
(a) You may connect your CB
station transmitter to a telephone if you
comply with all of the following:
(1) You or someone else must be
present at your CB station and must—
(i) Manually make the connection
(the connection must not be made by
remote control);
(ii) Supervise the operation of the
transmitter during the connection;
(iii) Listen to each communication
during the connection; and
(iv) Stop all communications if there
are operations in violation of these rules.
(2) Each communication during the
telephone connection must comply with
all of these rules.
(3) You must obey any restriction
that the telephone company places on
the connection of a CB transmitter to a
telephone.
(b) The CB transmitter you connect
to a telephone must not be shared with
any other CB station.
(c) If you connect your CB
transmitter to a telephone, you must
use a phone patch device with has been
registered with the FCC.
Other Things You Need To Know
Sec. 95.421 (CB Rule 21) What are the
penalties for violating these rules?
(a) If the FCC nds that you have
willfully or repeatedly violated the
Communications Act or the FCC Rules,
you may have to pay as much as
$10,000 for each violation, up to a total
of $75,000. (See section 503(b) of the
Communications Act.)
(b) If the FCC nds that you
have violated any section of the
Communications Act or the FCC Rules,
you may be ordered to stop whatever
action caused the violation. (See section
312(b) of the Communications Act.)
(c) If a Federal court nds that you
have willfully and knowingly violated any
FCC Rule, you may be ned up to $500
for each day you committed the violation.
(See section 502 of the Communications
Act.)
(d) If a Federal court nds that you
have willfully and knowingly violated any
provision of the Communications Act,
you may be ned up to $10,000 or you
may be imprisoned for one year, or both.
(See section 501 of the Communications
Act.)
[48 FR 24894, June 3, 1983, as amended
at 57 FR 40343, Sept. 3, 1992]
Sec. 95.422 (CB Rule 22) How do I
answer correspondence from the
FCC?
(a) If it appears to the FCC that you
have violated the Communications Act
or these rules, the FCC may send you a
discrepancy notice.
(b) Within the time period stated in
the notice, you must answer with:
(1) A complete written statement
about the apparent discrepancy;
(2) A complete written statement
about any action you have taken to
correct the apparent violation and to
prevent it from happening again; and
(3) The name of the person
operating at the time of the apparent
violation.
(c) If the FCC sends you a letter
asking you questions about your CB
radio station or its operation, you must
answer each of the questions with a
complete written statement within the
time period stated in the letter.
(d) You must not shorten your
answer by references to other
communications or notices.
(e) You must send your answer to
the FCC ofce which sent you the notice.
(f) You must keep a copy of your
answer in your station records. (See CB
Rule 27, Sec. 95.427.)
Sec. 95.423 (CB Rule 23) What must
I do if the FCC tells me that my CB
station is causing interference?
(a) If the FCC tells you that your
CB station is causing interference for
technical reasons you must follow all
instructions in the ofcial FCC notice.
(This notice may require you to have
technical adjustments made to your
equipment.)
(b) You must comply with any
restricted hours of CB station operation
which may be included in the ofcial
notice.
Sec. 95.424 (CB Rule 24) How do
I have my CB station transmitter
serviced?
(a) You may adjust an antenna to
your CB transmitter and you may make
radio checks. (A radio check means a
one way transmission for a short time in
order to test the transmitter.)
(b) You are responsible for the
proper operation of the station at all
times and are expected to provide for
observations, servicing and maintenance
as often as may be necessary to ensure
proper operation. You must have all
internal repairs or internal adjustments to
your CB transmitter made in accordance
with the Technical Regulations (see
subpart E). The internal repairs or internal
adjustments should be performed by
or under the immediate supervision
and responsibility of a person certied
as technically qualied to perform
transmitter maintenance and repair
duties in the private land mobile services
and xed services by an organization
or committee representative of users in
those services.
(c) Except as provided in paragraph
(d) of this section, each internal repair
and each internal adjustment of a
CB transmitter in which signals are
transmitted must be made using a
nonradiating (“dummy”) antenna.
(d) Brief test signals (signals not
longer than one minute during any ve
minute period) using a radiating antenna
may be transmitted in order to:
(1) Adjust an antenna to a
transmitter;
(2) Detect or measure radiation of
energy other than the intended signal; or
(3) Tune a receiver to your CB
transmitter.
(Secs. 4(i) and 303(r),
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and 303(r),
and sec. 553 of the Administrative
Procedures Act, 5 U.S.C. 553)
[48 FR 24894, June 3, 1983, as amended
at 49 FR 20673, May 16, 1984]
Sec. 95.425 (CB Rule 25) May I
make any changes to my CB station
transmitter?
(a) You must not make or have any
one else make any internal modication
to your CB transmitter.
(b) Internal modication does not
include:
(1) Repair or servicing of a CB
station transmitter (see CB Rule 24, Sec.
95.424); or
(2) Changing plug-in modules
which were certicated as part of your
CB transmitter.
(c) You must not operate a CB
transmitter which has been modied by
anyone in any way, including modication
to operate on unauthorized frequencies
or with illegal power. (See CB Rules 9
and 11, Sec. 95.409 and 95.411.)
[48 FR 24894, June 3, 1983, as amended
at 63 FR 36610, July 7, 1998]
Sec. 95.426 (CB Rule 26) Do I have
to make my CB station available for
inspection?
(a) If an authorized FCC
representative requests to inspect
your CB station, you must make your
CB station and records available for
inspection.
(b) A CB station includes all of the
radio equipment you use.
Sec. 95.427 (CB Rule 27) What are my
station records?
Your station records include the
following documents, as applicable.
(a) A copy of each response to an
FCC violation notice or an FCC letter.
(See CB Rule 22, Sec. 95.422.)
(b) Each written permission
received from the FCC. (See CB Rule
19, Sec. 95.419.)
Sec. 95.428 (CB Rule 28) How do I
contact the FCC?
(a) FCC National Call Center at
1–888–225–5322.
(b) FCC World Wide Web
homepage: http://www.fcc.gov.
(c) In writing, to FCC, Attention:
CB, 1270 Faireld Road, Gettysburg, PA
17325–7245.
[63 FR 68976, Dec. 14, 1998]
Part 95
Subpart D
Plain English Rules –
Citizens Band Radio Service
Prepared by the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C.
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