---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 80.123"
title: "47"
number: "80.123"
heading: "Service to stations on land."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/80.123"
---

# §80.123. Service to stations on land.


Marine VHF public coast stations, including AMTS coast stations, may provide service to stations on land in accordance with the following:

- (a) The public coast station licensee must provide each associated land station with a letter, which shall be presented to authorized FCC representatives upon request, acknowledging that the land station may operate under the authority of the associated public coast station's license:
- (b) Each public coast station serving stations on land must afford priority to marine-originating communications through any appropriate electrical or mechanical means.
- (c) Land station identification shall consist of the associated public coast station's call sign, followed by a unique numeric or alphabetic unit identifier;
- (d) Radio equipment used on land must be certified for use under [part 22](/cfr/47/part22.md), [part 80](/cfr/47/part80.md), or [part 90](/cfr/47/part90.md) of this chapter. Such equipment must operate only on the public correspondence channels authorized for use by the associated public coast station;
- (e) Transmitter power shall be in accordance with the limits set in [§ 80.215](/cfr/47/80.215.md) for ship stations and antenna height shall be limited to 6.1 meters (20 feet) above ground level;
- (f) Land stations may only communicate with public coast stations and must remain within radio range of associated public coast stations; and,
- (g) The land station must cease operation immediately upon written notice by the Commission to the associated public coast station that the land station is causing harmful interference to marine communications.

## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 40304, July 28, 1997, as amended at 72 FR 31194, June 6, 2007; 73 FR 4480, Jan. 25, 2008]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151-155, 301-609; 3 U.S.T. 3450, 3 U.S.T. 4726, 12 U.S.T. 2377.

### Source

Source: 51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[62 FR 40304, July 28, 1997, as amended at 72 FR 31194, June 6, 2007; 73 FR 4480, Jan. 25, 2008]