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Radio Station and
United States of America FCC Form 452-C
Operator Licenses Federal Communications Commission (March 1960)
TRANSMITTER IDENTIFICATION CARD
1* Station call ilgm
Remember! All radio transmitters operated in
the land mobile services must be authorized and/ 2. Name and Addrex of Permittee or Llcenteei
or licensed by the Federal Communications Com
mission (FCC) before they can be legally operated.
You must comply with the FCC rules governing the
particular service in which your station is licensed.
Fig. 1 Transmitter Identification
The Federal Communications Commission li
cense for a base station at a fixed location should be your licensed equipment at all times. If you lease
posted at the station near the principal control posi your equipment, be sure you do not lose control by
tion. If the transmitter is remotely controlled, the allowing, for example, your lessor to hold the key
posting should be at the principal control position to the transmitter. The Commission has issued cita
rather than at the transmitter site. In either case, tions in the past against licensees who apparently
photocopies of the license should be posted at all relinquished control of their systems to parties leas
other control points. ing and maintaining their equipment. Remember—
unless you have full control, including the exclusive
Usually only one license is issued for all mobile right to determine who may or may not open the
units of a licensee. One license is also issued for all transmitter cabinets, you are derelict in your re
temporary base stations. These licenses are nor sponsibility.
mally kept at the main base station or in the li
When operating on a frequency below 25 Mc/s,
censee’s main office files. Each mobile or “portable”
base station operators must hold a Radiotelephone
unit, however, must be labelled with the call sign
and the licensee’s name and address. An FCC Operator’s license or permit. This may be obtained
by filing an application with the nearest Federal
Form 452—C (see Fig. 1), available at any FCC
field office, may be used or a plate of metal or other Communications Commission district field office.
To obtain a restricted radiotelephone operator per
durable material with the same information can be mit, you normally file an application with the Fed
substituted if desired.
eral Communications Commission, Gettysburg,
You must maintain full and exclusive control of Pennsylvania. 17325
