---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 80.407"
title: "47"
number: "80.407"
heading: "Operator authorization."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/80.407"
---

# §80.407. Operator authorization.


This section contains information and rules pertinent to the posting of radio operator authorizations. Rules applicable to radio operator requirements are contained in [subpart D](/cfr/47/subpartD.md) of this part and other rules pertinent to commercial radio operators are contained in [part 13](/cfr/47/part13.md) of this chapter.

- (a) [Reserved]
- (b) **Posting.** When a Commission-authorized operator is required, the original authorization of each operator must be posted at the principal control point of the station. In lieu of posting, an operator who holds a restricted radiotelephone operator permit or a higher class operator license may have the operator authorization or a photocopy thereof available for inspection upon request by authorized Commission employees when operating the following:
  - (1) A voluntary station;
  - (2) Any class of ship station when the operator is on board solely to service the radio equipment; or
  - (3) **A portable station.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 90 FR 57709, 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 57709, Dec. 12, 2025]