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CB Rules Insert

Subpart D — Citizens Band (CB)
Radio Service
Source: 48 FR 24894, June 3, 1983,
unless otherwise noted.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 95.401 (CB Rule 1) What are the
Citizens Band (CB) Radio Services?
The Citizens Band Radio Services are:
(a) The Citizens Band (CB) Radio
Service—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.
(b) The Family Radio Service
(FRS)—a private, two-way, very short-
distance voice and data communications
service for facilitating family and group
activities. The rules for this service are
contained in subpart B of this part.
(c) The Low Power Radio Service
(LPRS)—a private, short-distance
communication service providing
auditory assistance to persons with
disabilities, persons who require
language translation, and persons
in educational settings, health care
assistance to the ill, law enforcement
tracking services in cooperation with law
enforcement, and point-to-point network
control communications for Automated
Marine Telecommunications System
(AMTS) coast stations licensed under
part 80 of this chapter. The rules for this
service are listed under subpart G of this
part. Two-way voice communications are
prohibited.
(d) The Medical Device Radio
communication Service (MedRadio)—
an ultra-low power radio service, for the
transmission of non-voice data for the
purpose of facilitating diagnostic and/or
therapeutic functions involving implanted
and body-worn medical devices. The
rules for this service are contained in
subpart I of this part.
(e) The Wireless Medical Telemetry
Service (WMTS)—a private, short
distance data communication service
for the transmission of patient medical
information to a central monitoring
location in a hospital or other medical
facility. Voice and video communications
are prohibited. Waveforms such as
electrocardiograms (ECGs) are not
considered video. The rules for this
service are contained in subpart H of this
part.
(f) The Multi-Use Radio Service
(MURS)—a private, two-way, short-
distance voice or data communications
service for personal or business activities
of the general public. The rules for this
service are contained in subpart J of this
part.
(g) Dedicated Short-Range
Communications Service On-Board
Units (DSRCS-OBUs). The rules for this
service are contained in subpart L of this
part. DSRCS-OBUs may communicate
with DSRCS Roadside Units (RSUs),
which are authorized under part 90 of
this chapter. DSRCS, RSU, and OBU
are dened in Sec. 90.7 of this chapter.
[61 FR 28769, June 6, 1996, as amended
at 61 FR 46566, Sept. 4, 1996; 64 FR
69929, Dec. 15, 1999; 65 FR 44008, July
17, 2000; 65 FR 53190, Sept. 1, 2000;
65 FR 60877, Oct. 13, 2000; 67 FR
63289, Oct. 11, 2002; 68 FR 9901, Mar.
3, 2003; 69 FR 46445, Aug. 3, 2004; 74
FR 22705, May 14, 2009]
Sec. 95.402 (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 concerned 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 station?
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?
You do not need an individual license to
operate a CB station. You are authorized
by this rule to operate your CB station in
accordance with the rules in this subpart.
Sec. 95.405 (CB Rule 5) Where may I
operate my CB station?
You are authorized to operate your CB
station from:
(a) Within or over any area of the
world where radio services are regulated
by the FCC. Those areas are within the
territorial limits of:
(1) The fty United States.
(2) The District of Columbia.
Caribbean Insular areas
(3) Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(4) Navassa Island.
(5) United States Virgin Islands (50
islets and cays).
Pacic Insular areas
(6) American Samoa (seven
islands).
(7) Baker Island.
(8) Commonwealth of Northern
Mariana Islands.
(9) Guam Island.
(10) Howland Island.
(11) Jarvis Island.
(12) Johnston Island (Islets East,
Johnston, North and Sand).
(13) Kingman Reef.
(14) Midway Island (Islets Eastern
and Sand).
(15) Palmyra Island (more than 50
islets).
(16) Wake Island (Islets Peale,
Wake and Wilkes).
(b) Any other area of the world,
except within the territorial limits of areas
where radio services are regulated by—
(1) An agency of the United States
other than the FCC. (You are subject to
its rules.)
(2) Any foreign government. (You
are subject to its rules.)
(c) An aircraft or ship, with the
permission of the captain, within or
over any area of the world where radio
services are regulated by the FCC or
upon or over international waters. You
must operate your CB station according
to any applicable treaty to which the
United States is a party.
(d) Anyone intending to operate
a CB station on the islands of Puerto
Rico, Desecheo, Mona, Vieques, and
Culebra in a manner that could pose
an interference threat to the Arecibo
Observatory shall notify the Interference
Ofce, Arecibo Observatory, HC3 Box
53995, Arecibo, Puerto Rico 00612, in
writing or electronically, of the location of
the unit. Operators may wish to consult
interference guidelines, which will be
provided by Cornell University. Operators
who choose to transmit information
electronically should e-mail to: prcz@
naic.edu.
(1) The notication to the
Interference Ofce, Arecibo Observatory
shall be made 45 days prior to
commencing operation of the unit. The
notication shall state the geographical
coordinates of the unit.
(2) After receipt of such notications,
the Commission will allow the Arecibo
Observatory a period of 20 days for
comments or objections. The operator
will be required to make reasonable
efforts in order to resolve or mitigate any
potential interference problem with the
Arecibo Observatory. If the Commission
determines that an operator has satised
its responsibility to make reasonable
efforts to protect the Observatory from
interference, the unit may be allowed to
operate.
[48 FR 24894, June 3, 1983, as
amended at 62 FR 55535, Oct. 27, 1997;
70 FR 31374, June 1, 2005]
Sec. 95.406 (CB Rule 6) Are there any
special restrictions on the location of
my CB station?
(a) If your CB station is located on
premises controlled by the Department
of Defense you may be required to
comply with additional regulations
imposed by the commanding ofcer of
the installation.
(b) If your C/B station will be
constructed on an environmentally
sensitive site, or will be operated in such
a manner as to raise environmental
problems, under Sec. 1.1307 of
this chapter, you must provide an
environmental assessment, as set forth in
Sec. 1.1311 of this chapter, and undergo
the environmental review, c1.1312 of
this chapter, before commencement of
construction.
[48 FR 24894, June 3, 1983, as amended
at 55 FR 20398, May 16, 1990]
How to Operate a CB Station
Sec. 95.407 (CB Rule 7) On what
channels may I operate?
(a) Your CB station may transmit
only on the following channels
(frequencies):
Channel Frequency
(megahertz MHz)
1 26.965
2 26.975
3 26.985
4 27.005
5 27.015
6 27.025
7 27.035
8 27.055
9 27.0651
10 27.075
11 27.085
12 27.105
13 27.115
14 27.125
15 27.135
16 27.155
17 27.165
18 27.175
19 27.185
20 27.205
21 27.215
22 27.225
23 27.255
24 27.235
25 27.245
26 27.265
27 27.275
28 27.285
29 27.295
30 27.305
31 27.315
32 27.325
33 27.335
34 27.345
35 27.355
36 27.365
37 27.375
38 27.385
39 27.395
40 27.405
1 See paragraph (b) of this section.
(b) Channel 9 may be used only
for emergency communications or for
traveler assistance.
(c) You must, at all times and on
all channels, give priority to emergency
communication messages concerning
the immediate safety of life or the
immediate protection of property.
(d) You may use any channel
for emergency communications or for
traveler assistance.
(e) You must share each channel
with other users.
(f) The FCC will not assign any
channel for the private or exclusive use
of any particular CB station or group of
stations.
(g) The FCC will not assign any
channel for the private of exclusive use of
CB stations transmitting single sideband
or AM.
Sec. 95.408 (CB Rule 8) How high may
I put my antenna?
(a) Antenna means the radiating
system (for transmitting, receiving or
both) and the structure holding it up
(tower, pole or mast). It also means
everything else attached to the radiating
system and the structure.
(b) If your antenna is mounted on
a hand-held portable unit, none of the
following limitations apply.
(c) If your antenna is installed at
a xed location, it (whether receiving,
transmitting or both) must comply with
either one of the following:
(1) The highest point must not be
more than 6.10 meters (20 feet) higher
than the highest point of the building or
tree on which it is mounted; or
(2) The highest point must not be
more than 18.3 meters (60 feet) above
the ground.
(d) If your CB station is located near
an airport, and if you antenna structure is
more than 6.1 meters (20 feet) high, you
may have to obey additional restrictions.
The highest point of your antenna must
not exceed one meter above the airport
elevation for every hundred meters of
distance from the nearest point of the
nearest airport runway. Differences in
ground elevation between your antenna
and the airport runway may complicate
this formula. If your CB station is near
an airport, you may contact the nearest
FCC eld ofce for a worksheet to help
you gure the maximum allowable height
of your antenna. Consult part 17 of the
FCC’s Rules for more information.
WARNING: Installation and removal of
CB station antennas near powerlines
is dangerous. For your safety, follow
the installation directions included
with your antenna.
[48 FR 24894, June 3, 1983, as amended
at 48 FR 41416, Sept. 15, 1983]
Sec. 95.409 (CB Rule 9) What
equipment may I use at my CB
station?
(a) You must use an FCC
certicated CB transmitter at your
CB station. You can identify an
FCC certicated transmitter by the
certication label placed on it by the
manufacturer. You may examine a list
of certicated equipment at any FCC
Field Ofce or at FCC Headquarters.
Use of a transmitter which is not FCC
certicated voids your authority to
operate the station.
(b) You must not make, or have
made, any internal modication to a
certicated CB transmitter. (See CB
Rule 25, Sec. 95.425). Any internal
modication to a certicated CB
transmitter cancels the certication,
and use of such a transmitter voids
your authority to operate the station.
[48 FR 24894, June 3, 1983, as
amended at 63 FR 36610, July 7,
1998]
Sec. 95.410 (CB Rule 10) How much
power may I use?
(a) Your CB station transmitter
power output must not exceed the
following values under any conditions:
AM (A3)—4 watts (carrier power)
SSB—12 watts (peak envelope power)
(b) If you need more information
about the power rule, see the technical
rules in subpart E of part 95.
(c) Use of a transmitter which
has carrier or peak envelope power in
excess of that authorized voids your
authority to operate the station.
Sec. 95.411 (CB Rule 11) May I use
power ampliers?
(a) You may not attach the
following items (power ampliers) to
your certicated CB transmitter in any
way:
(1) External radio frequency (RF)
power ampliers (sometimes called
linears or linear ampliers); or
(2) Any other devices which,
when used with a radio transmitter
as a signal source, are capable of
amplifying the signal.
(b) There are no exceptions to this
rule and use of a power amplier voids
your authority to operate the station.
(c) The FCC will presume you
have used a linear or other external RF
power amplier if—
(1) It is in your possession or on
your premises; and
(2) There is other evidence that
you have operated your CB station
with more power than allowed by CB
Rule 10, Sec. 95.410.
(d) Paragraph (c) of this section
does not apply if you hold a license
in another radio service which allows
you to operate an external RF power
amplier.
[48 FR 24894, June 3, 1983, as
amended at 63 FR 36610, July 7,
1998]
Sec. 95.412 (CB Rule 12) What
communications may be
transmitted?
(a) You may use your CB
station to transmit two-way plain
language communications. Two-way
plain language communications are
communications without codes or
coded messages. Operating signals
such as “ten codes” are not considered
codes or coded messages. You may
transmit two-way plain language
communications only to other CB
stations, to units of your own CB
station or to authorized government
stations on CB frequencies about—
(1) Your personal or business
activities or those of members of
your immediate family living in your
household;
(2) Emergencies (see CB Rule
18, Sec. 95.418);
(3) Traveler assistance (see CB
Rule 18, Sec. 95.418); or
(4) Civil defense activities in
connection with ofcial tests or drills
conducted by, or actual emergencies
announced by, the civil defense
agency with authority over the area in
which your station is located.
(b) You may use your CB station
to transmit a tone signal only when the
signal is used to make contact or to
continue communications. (Examples
of circuits using these signals are tone
operated squelch and selective calling
circuits.) If the signal is an audible
tone, it must last no longer than 15
seconds at one time. If the signal is a
subaudible tone, it may be transmitted
continuously only as long as you are
talking.
(c) You may use your CB station
to transmit one-way communications
(messages which are not intended to
establish communications between
two or more particular CB stations)
only for emergency communications,
traveler assistance, brief tests (radio
checks) or voice paging.
Sec. 95.413 (CB Rule 13) What
communications are prohibited?
(a) You must not use a CB
station—
(1) In connection with any activity
which is against federal, state or local
law;
(2) To transmit obscene, indecent
or profane words, language or
meaning;
(3) To interfere intentionally with
the communications of another CB
station;
(4) To transmit one-way
communications, except for
emergency communications, traveler
assistance, brief tests (radio checks),
or voice paging;
(5) To advertise or solicit the sale
of any goods or services;
(6) To transmit music, whistling,
sound effects or any material to amuse
or entertain;
(7) To transmit any sound effect
solely to attract attention;
(8) To transmit the word
“MAYDAY” or any other international
distress signal, except when your
station is located in a ship, aircraft or
other vehicle which is threatened by
grave and imminent danger and your
are requesting immediate assistance;
(9) To communicate with, or
attempt to communicate with, any
CB station more than 250 kilometers
(155.3 miles) away;
(10) To advertise a political
candidate or political campaign;
(you may use your CB radio for the
business or organizational aspects
of a campaign, if you follow all other
applicable rules);
(11) To communicate with stations
in other countries, except General
Radio Service stations in Canada; or
(12) To transmit a false or
deceptive communication.
(b) You must not use a CB station
to transmit communications for live
or delayed rebroadcast on a radio or
television broadcast station. You may
use your CB station to gather news
items or to prepare programs.
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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 thanve 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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