47 CFR §90.266
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- (a)The use of any particular frequency between 2 and 25 MHz is limited to those frequencies falling within the bands allocated to the fixed and land mobile services as indicated in § 2.106 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations.
- (b)Only in the following circumstances will authority be extended to stations to operate on the frequencies below 25 MHz:
- (1)To provide communications circuits to support operations which are highly important to the national interest and where other means of telecommunication are unavailable;
- (2)To provide standby and/or backup communications circuits to regular domestic communications circuits which have been disrupted by disasters and/or emergencies.
- (c)No protection is afforded to users of these frequencies from harmful interference caused by foreign operations.
- (d)In the event that a complaint of harmful interference resulting from operation of these circuits is received from a foreign source, the offending circuit(s) must cease operation on the particular frequency concerned immediately upon notification by the Commission.
- (e)In order to accommodate the situations described in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section, the equipment shall be capable of transmitting and receiving on any frequency within the bands between 2 and 25 MHz and capable of immediate change among the frequencies, provided, however, that this requirement does not apply to equipment manufactured prior to August 15, 1983.
- (f)Only 2K80J3E, 100HA1A, 100HA1B and those emission types listed in § 90.237(g) are permitted.
- (g)Applicants must fulfill eligibility requirements set out in § 90.35(c)(1) and submit communications plans pursuant to § 90.129(o).
- (h)Exercises or circuits tests which require use of these frequencies for more than seven hours per week cumulative are prohibited unless prior written approval is obtained from the Commission.