---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 27.51"
title: "47"
number: "27.51"
heading: "Equipment authorization."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/27.51"
---

# §27.51. Equipment authorization.

- (a) Each transmitter utilized for operation under this part must be of a type that has been authorized by the Commission under its certification procedure.
- (b) Any manufacturer of radio transmitting equipment to be used in these services may request equipment authorization following the procedures set forth in [subpart J of part 2](/cfr/47/part2-subpartJ.md) of this chapter. Equipment authorization for an individual transmitter may be requested by an applicant for a station authorization by following the procedures set forth in [part 2](/cfr/47/part2.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[65 FR 3147, Jan. 20, 2000]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302a, 303, 307, 309, 332, 336, 337, 1403, 1404, 1451, and 1452, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 9658, Mar. 3, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[65 FR 3147, Jan. 20, 2000]