---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 80.653"
title: "47"
number: "80.653"
heading: "Scope of communications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/80.653"
---

# §80.653. Scope of communications.

- (a) Maritime support stations are land stations authorized to operate at permanent locations or temporary unspecified locations.
- (b) **Maritime support stations are authorized to conduct the following operations—**
  - (1) Training of personnel in maritime telecommunications;
  - (2) Transmissions necessary for the test and maintenance of maritime radio equipment at repair shops and at temporary unspecified locations;
  - (3) Transmissions necessary to test the technical performance of the licensee's public coast station(s) radiotelephone receiver(s); and
  - (4) **Transmissions necessary for radar/racon equipment demonstration.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at 62 FR 40308, 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 40308, July 28, 1997]