§ 97.119   Station identification.

   (a) Each amateur station, except a space station or telecommand station,
   must transmit its assigned call sign on its transmitting channel at the end
   of each communication, and at least every 10 minutes during a communication,
   for the purpose of clearly making the source of the transmissions from the
   station known to those receiving the transmissions. No station may transmit
   unidentified communications or signals, or transmit as the station call
   sign, any call sign not authorized to the station.

   (b) The call sign must be transmitted with an emission authorized for the
   transmitting channel in one of the following ways:

   (1)  By a CW emission. When keyed by an automatic device used only for
   identification, the speed must not exceed 20 words per minute;

   (2) By a phone emission in the English language. Use of a phonetic alphabet
   as an aid for correct station identification is encouraged;

   (3) By a RTTY emission using a specified digital code when all or part of
   the communications are transmitted by a RTTY or data emission;

   (4)  By  an  image  emission conforming to the applicable transmission
   standards, either color or monochrome, of § 73.682(a) of the FCC Rules when
   all or part of the communications are transmitted in the same image emission

   (c)  One  or  more indicators may be included with the call sign. Each
   indicator must be separated from the call sign by the slant mark (/) or by
   any  suitable  word  that  denotes  the slant mark. If an indicator is
   self-assigned, it must be included before, after, or both before and after,
   the  call sign. No self-assigned indicator may conflict with any other
   indicator specified by the FCC Rules or with any prefix assigned to another
   country.

   (d) When transmitting in conjunction with an event of special significance,
   a station may substitute for its assigned call sign a special event call
   sign as shown for that station for that period of time on the common data
   base coordinated, maintained and disseminated by the special event call sign
   data base coordinators. Additionally, the station must transmit its assigned
   call sign at least once per hour during such transmissions.

   (e) When the operator license class held by the control operator exceeds
   that of the station licensee, an indicator consisting of the call sign
   assigned to the control operator's station must be included after the call
   sign.

   (f) When the control operator is a person who is exercising the rights and
   privileges  authorized  by § 97.9(b) of this part, an indicator must be
   included after the call sign as follows:

   (1) For a control operator who has requested a license modification from
   Novice Class to Technical Class: KT;

   (2) For a control operator who has requested a license modification from
   Novice or Technician to General Class: AG;

   (3) For a control operator who has requested a license modification from
   Novice, Technician, General, or Advanced Class to Amateur Extra Class: AE.

   (g) When the station is transmitting under the authority of § 97.107 of this
   part, an indicator consisting of the appropriate letter-numeral designating
   the station location must be included before the call sign that was issued
   to the station by the country granting the license. For an amateur service
   license granted by the Government of Canada, however, the indicator must be
   included after the call sign. At least once during each intercommunication,
   the identification announcement must include the geographical location as
   nearly as possible by city and state, commonwealth or possession.

   [ 54 FR 25857 , June 20, 1989, as amended at  54 FR 39535 , Sept. 27, 1989;  55 FR 30457 , July 26, 1990;  56 FR 28 , Jan. 2, 1991;  62 FR 17567 , Apr. 10, 1997;
    63 FR 68980 , Dec. 14, 1998;  64 FR 51471 , Sept. 23, 1999;  66 FR 20752 , Apr.
   25, 2001;  75 FR 78171 , Dec. 15, 2010]

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