47 CFR 97.405
§ 97.405 Station in distress.
United States · 47 CFR — Telecommunication · Status: effective
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- 47 CFR 97.405, § 97.405 Station in distress, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/238609
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(a) No provision of these rules prevents the use by an amateur station in distress of any means at its disposal to attract attention, make known its condition and location, and obtain assistance.
(b) No provision of these rules prevents the use by a station, in the exceptional circumstances described in paragraph (a) of this section, of any means of radiocommunications at its disposal to assist a station in distress.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.