---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 80.703"
title: "47"
number: "80.703"
heading: "Priority of distress and other signals."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/80.703"
---

# §80.703. Priority of distress and other signals.


Alaska-public fixed stations, when operating on an authorized carrier frequency which is also used by the maritime mobile service, must give priority to distress, urgency or safety signals, or to any communication preceded by one of these signals.


## Notes

### 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.