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CB Rules

FCC Part 95
Subpart D
CB Radio
Service Rules
Subpart D—Citizens
Band (CB) Radio
Service
General Provisions
§ 95.401 (CB Rule 1) What
are the Citizens Band 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
Radiocommunication 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 § 90.7 of this chapter.
§ 95.402 (CB Rule 2) How do I
use these rules?
(a) You must comply with these
rules (See CB Rule 21 § 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, § 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.
§ 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.
§ 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.
§ 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
regulatedby 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).
Pacific 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.
§ 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 § 1.1307 of this
chapter, you must provide an
environmental assessment, as set
forth in § 1.1311 of this chapter,
and undergo the environmental
review, § 1.1312 of this chapter,
before commencement of
construction.
HOW TO OPERATE A CB
STATION
§ 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 .............................................. 27.065*
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
* 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.
§ 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.
§ 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, § 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.
§ 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.
§ 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, § 95.410.
(d) Paragraph (c) of this section
does not apply if you hold a
license in another adio service
which allows you to operate an
external RF power amplier.
§ 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, § 95.418);
(3) Traveler assistance (see
CB Rule 18, § 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.
§ 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 obscence,
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.
§ 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.
§ 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.
§ 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.
§ 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 conjuction
with the methods of identication
listed in paragraph (b) of this
section.]
§ 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, § 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, §
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.
§ 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, §
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.
§ 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
§ 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.)
§ 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 Commu-
nications 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 state-
ment about the apparent discrep-
ancy;
(2) A complete written state-
ment 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 appar-
ent violation.
(c) If the FCC sends you a letter
asking you questions about your
CB radio station or its opera-
tion, 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, §
95.427.)
§ 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 inter-
ference 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 equip-
ment.)
(b) You must comply with any
restricted hours of CB station
operation which may be included
in the ofcial notice.
§ 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 transmis-
sion 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 pro-
vide for observations, servicing
and maintenance as often as may
be necessary to ensure proper op-
eration. 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 adjust-
ments should be performed by or
under the immediate supervision
and responsibility of a person cer-
ti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 para-
graph (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 nonradiat-
ing (‘‘dummy’’) antenna.
(d) Brief test signals (signals
not longer than one minute during
any ve minute period) using a
radiating antenna may be trans-
mitted in order to:
(1) Adjust an antenna to a
transmitter;
(2) Detect or measure ra-
diation of energy other than the
intended signal; or
(3) Tune a receiver to your
CB transmitter.
§ 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 transmit-
ter.
(b) Internal modication does
not include:
(1) Repair or servicing of a
CB station transmitter (see CB
Rule 24, § 95.424); or
(2) Changing plug-in mod-
ules 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, §§ 95.409 and 95.411.)
§ 95.426 (CB Rule 26) Do I have
to make my CB station available
for inspection?
(a) If an authorized FCC repre-
sentative 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.
§ 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, §
95.422.)
(b) Each written permission
received from the FCC. (See CB
Rule 19, § 95.419.)
§ 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, Atten-
tion: CB, 1270 Faireld Road,
Gettysburg, PA 17325–7245.
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