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stations at control points. This does not apply to technician when the units are serviced.
mobile units. Most licensees prefer a simple log form Transmitters must be checked for fre
printed and used by station operators. The follow quency, modulation, and power input at
ing information should be logged unless otherwise least once a year. The checking technician
permitted by the FCC Rules. must log: (a) his name, address, and phone
number; (b) his First or Second Class Radio
(1) The signature of the operator using the Operator license number; (c) its expira
radio for each period of the day, including
tion date; (d) a description of all work
the times of his first and last transmissions.
done on units, and the date the work was
(2) A record of all base-to-base communica done; and (e) his signature.
tions including the time and approximate Arrangements must be made by licensees to han
duration in minutes of each such communi dle log entries for remote installations. Logs contain
cation. Communications with mobile units ing all of the above information should always be
do not have to be logged except as required
Oo kept at the station for inspection by FCC officials.
under (3) below.
(3) A record of all emergency messages involv Urgency and Distress Signals*
ing safety to life or property, and all mes
The urgency signal indicates that the calling sta
sages and “alerts” concerning national se
curity. tion has an urgent transmission concerning the
safety of a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle, or the
(4) If the station has a lighted tower,the lights safety of a person. The urgency signal shall be sent
must be checked every evening and a log only on the authority of the master or person re
entry made to that effect. If the top lights sponsible for the mobile station.
are out,the nearest Federal Aviation Ad In radiotelephony, the urgency signal is the word
ministration Office must be notified imme
PAN, spoken three times and transmitted before
diately. Some licensees delegate this duty
the call.
to an employee living near the tower. The
The urgency signal shall have priority over all
log entry is made the following morning.
other communications, except distress. All mobile
(5) Entries pertaining to equipment checks and land stations hearing it shall not interfere with
must be made by a properly licensed radio the transmission following the urgency signal.
