---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 97.7"
title: "47"
number: "97.7"
heading: "Control operator required."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/97.7"
---

# §97.7. Control operator required.


When transmitting, each amateur station must have a control operator. The control operator must be a person:

- (a) For whom an amateur operator/primary station license grant appears on the ULS consolidated licensee database, or
- (b) Who is authorized for alien reciprocal operation by [§ 97.107](/cfr/47/97.107.md) of this part.

## Notes

### Amendments

[63 FR 68978, Dec. 14, 1998]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151-155, 301-609, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 54 FR 25857, June 20, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[63 FR 68978, Dec. 14, 1998]