---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 80.453"
title: "47"
number: "80.453"
heading: "Scope of communications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/80.453"
---

# §80.453. Scope of communications.


Public coast stations provide ship/shore radiotelephone and radiotelegraph services.

- (a) **Public coast stations are authorized to communicate—**
  - (1) With any ship or aircraft station operating in the maritime mobile service, for the transmission or reception of safety communication;
  - (2) With any land station to exchange safety communications to or from a ship or aircraft station;
  - (3) With Government and non-Government ship and aircraft stations to exchange public correspondence;
  - (4) With units on land in accordance with [§ 80.123](/cfr/47/80.123.md).
- (b) Public coast stations are authorized to communicate with a designated station at a remote fixed location where other communication facilities are not available.
- (c) Public coast stations are authorized to transmit meteorological and navigational information of benefit to mariners.
- (d) Each public coast telegraphy station is authorized to communicate with other public coast telegraphy stations to exchange message traffic destined to or originated at mobile stations:
  - (1) To exchange operating signals, brief service messages or safety communication;
  - (2) To exchange message traffic destined for a mobile station when the coast station initially concerned is unable to communicate directly with the mobile station;
  - (3) In the Great Lakes region, to exchange message traffic originated at a mobile station when the use of available point-to-point communication facilities would delay the delivery of such message traffic;
  - (4) Utilization of radiotelegraphy must not incur additional charges or replace available point-to-point communication facilities;
  - (5) Only authorized working frequencies within the band 415 kHz to 5000 kHz must be employed for communications between coast stations;
  - (6) Harmful interference must not be caused to communication between mobile stations and coast stations or between mobile stations.

## Notes

### Amendments

[51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 62 FR 40307, July 28, 1997]

### 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 62 FR 40307, July 28, 1997]