---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 87.89"
title: "47"
number: "87.89"
heading: "Minimum operator requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/87.89"
---

# §87.89. Minimum operator requirements.

- (a) A station operator must hold a commercial radio operator license or permit, except as listed in [paragraph (d)](#d).
- (b) **The minimum operator license or permit required for operation of each specific classification is—**
- (c) The operator of a telephony station must directly supervise and be responsible for any other person who transmits from the station, and must ensure that such communications are in accordance with the station license.
- (d) **No operator license is required to—**
  - (1) Operate an aircraft radar set, radio altimeter, transponder or other aircraft automatic radionavigation transmitter by flight personnel;
  - (2) Test an emergency locator transmitter or a survival craft station used solely for survival purposes;
  - (3) Operate an aeronautical enroute station which automatically transmits digital communications to aircraft stations;
  - (4) **Operate a VHF telephony transmitter providing domestic service or used on domestic flights.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303 and 307(e), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 28940, Aug. 1, 1988, unless otherwise noted.