---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 80.131"
title: "47"
number: "80.131"
heading: "Radioprinter operations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/80.131"
---

# §80.131. Radioprinter operations.


Radioprinter operations provide a relatively low cost system of record communications between authorized coast and ship stations in accordance with the following paragraphs.

- (a) **Supplementary eligibility requirement.** A radioprinter authorization for a private coast station may be issued to the owner or operator of a ship of less than 1600 gross tons, a community of ships all of which are less than 1600 gross tons, or an association whose members operate ships of less than 1600 gross tons.
- (b) **Scope of communications.** Only those communications which concern the business and operational needs of vessels are authorized.
- (c) **Assignment and use of frequencies.**
  - (1) [Reserved]
  - (2) Frequencies in the listed bands are shared with other radio services including the maritime mobile service. Each assigned frequency is available on a shared use basis only, not for the exclusive use of any one station or licensee.
- (d) **Coast station responsibilities.**
  - (1) Private coast stations must propose frequencies and provide the names of ships to be served with the application.
  - (2) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Amendments

[51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 90 FR 57707, Dec. 12, 2025]

### 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

[51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 90 FR 57707, Dec. 12, 2025]