---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 U.S.C. § 324"
title: "47"
title_heading: "Telecommunications"
number: "324"
heading: "Use of minimum power"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/47/324"
units:
  - "Chapter 5 — Wire or Radio Communication"
  - "Subchapter III — Special Provisions Relating to Radio"
  - "Part I — General Provisions"
---

# §324. Use of minimum power


In all circumstances, except in case of [radio communications](/usc/47/153.md?p=40) or signals relating to [vessels](/usc/47/153.md?p=46-A) in distress, all [radio stations](/usc/47/153.md?p=42), including those owned and operated by the [United States](/usc/47/153.md?p=58), shall use the minimum amount of power necessary to carry out the communication desired.


## Source credit

(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title III, § 324, 48 Stat. 1091.)