CFR > Title 47 - Telecommunication > CHAPTER I—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION > SUBCHAPTER D—SAFETY AND SPECIAL RADIO SERVICES (Parts 80–101) > PART 97—AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE > SUBPART D—Technical Standards (§97.301 to §97.317) > 97.305—Authorized emission types.

97.305—Authorized emission types.

(a) Except as specified elsewhere in this part, an amateur station may transmit a CW emission on any frequency authorized to the control operator.
(b) A station may transmit a test emission on any frequency authorized to the control operator for brief periods for experimental purposes, except that no pulse modulation emission may be transmitted on any frequency where pulse is not specifically authorized and no SS modulation emission may be transmitted on any frequency where SS is not specifically authorized.
(c) A station may transmit the following emission types on the frequencies indicated, as authorized to the control operator, subject to the standards specified in § 97.307(f) of this part.
Wavelength band Frequencies Emission types authorized Standards see § 97.307(f), paragraph:
MF:
160 m Entire band RTTY, data (3).
160 m Entire band Phone, image (1), (2).
HF:
80 m Entire band RTTY, data (3), (9).
75 m Entire band Phone, image (1), (2).
40 m 7.000-7.100 MHz RTTY, data (3), (9)
40 m 7.075-7.100 MHz Phone, image (1), (2), (9), (11)
40 m 7.100-7.125 MHz RTTY, data (3), (9)
40 m 7.125-7.300 MHz Phone, image (1), (2)
30 m Entire band RTTY, data (3).
20 m 14.00-14.15 MHz RTTY, data (3).
20 m 14.15-14.35 MHz Phone, image (1), (2).
17 m 18.068-18.110 MHz RTTY, data (3).
17 m 18.110-18.168 MHz Phone, image (1), (2).
15 m 21.0-21.2 MHz RTTY, data (3), (9).
15 m 21.20-21.45 MHz Phone, image (1), (2).
12 m 24.89-24.93 MHz RTTY, data (3).
12 m 24.93-24.99 MHz Phone, image (1), (2).
10 m 28.0-28.3 MHz RTTY, data (4).
10 m 28.3-28.5 MHz Phone, image (1), (2), (10).
10 m 28.5-29.0 MHz Phone, image (1), (2).
10 m 29.0-29.7 MHz Phone, image (2).
VHF:
6 m 50.1-51.0 MHz MCW, phone, image, RTTY, data (2), (5).
Do 51.0-54.0 MHz MCW, phone, image, RTTY, data, test (2), (5), (8).
2 m 144.1-148.0 MHz MCW, phone, image, RTTY, data, test (2), (5), (8).
1.25 m 219-220 MHz Data (13)
Do 222-225 MHz RTTY, data, test MCW, phone, SS, image (2), (6), (8)
UHF:
70 cm Entire band MCW, phone, image, RTTY, data, SS, test (6), (8).
33 cm Entire band MCW, phone, image, RTTY, data, SS, test, pulse (7), (8), and (12).
23 cm Entire band MCW, phone, image, RTTY, data, SS, test (7), (8), and (12).
13 cm Entire band MCW, phone, image, RTTY, data, SS, test, pulse (7), (8), and (12).
SHF:
9 cm Entire band MCW, phone, image, RTTY, data, SS, test, pulse (7), (8), and (12).
5 cm Entire band MCW, phone, image, RTTY, data, SS, test, pulse (7), (8), and (12).
3 cm Entire band MCW, phone, image, RTTY, data, SS, test (7), (8), and (12).
1.2 cm Entire band MCW, phone, image, RTTY, data, SS, test, pulse (7), (8), and (12).
EHF:
6 mm Entire band MCW, phone, image, RTTY, data, SS, test, pulse (7), (8), and (12).
4 mm Entire band MCW, phone, image, RTTY, data, SS, test, pulse (7), (8), and (12).
2.5 mm Entire band MCW, phone, image, RTTY, data, SS, test, pulse (7), (8), and (12).
2 mm Entire band MCW, phone, image, RTTY, data, SS, test, pulse (7), (8), and (12).
1mm Entire band MCW, phone, image, RTTY, data, SS, test, pulse (7), (8), and (12).
Above 275 GHz MCW, phone, image, RTTY, data, SS, test, pulse (7), (8), and (12).
[54 FR 25857, June 20, 1989; 54 FR 39536, Sept. 27, 1989; 55 FR 22013, May 30, 1990, as amended at 55 FR 30457, July 26, 1990; 60 FR 15688, Mar. 27, 1995; 64 FR 51471, Sept. 23, 1999; 71 FR 66465, Nov. 15, 2006; 75 FR 27204, May 14, 2010]