User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1.0 Operation
- 2.0 FCC Provisions
- 2.1 What are the Citizens Band Radio Services?
- 2.2 How do I use these rules?
- 2.3 Am I eligible to operate a CB station?
- 2.4 Do I need a license?
- 2.5 Where may I operate my CB station?
- 2.6 Are there any special restrictions on the location of my CB station?
- 2.7 On what channels may I operate?
- 2.8 How high may I put my antenna?
- 2.9 What equipment may I use at my CB station?
- 2.10 How much power may I use?
- 2.11 May I use power amplifiers?
- 2.12 What communications may be transmitted?
- 2.13 What communications are prohibited?
- 2.14 May I be paid to use my CB station?
- 2.15 Who is responsible for communications I make?
- 2.16 Do I have to limit the length of my communications?
- 2.17 Do I identify my CB communications?
- 2.18 How do I use my CB station in an emergency or to assist a traveler?
- 2.19 May I operate my CB station transmitter by remote control?
- 2.20 May I connect my CB station transmitter to a telephone?
- 2.21 What are the penalties for violating these rules?
- 2.22 How do I answer correspondence from the FCC?
- 2.23 What must I do if the FCC tells me that my CB station is causing interference?
- 2.24 How do I have my CB station transmitter serviced?
- 2.26 May I make any changes to my CB station transmitter?
- 2.27 Do I have to make my CB station available for inspection?
- 2.28 How do I contact the FCC?
Unbridled CB Radio Owner’s Manual Version 1.0
Radio Sound, Inc.
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(1) Within or over the territorial limits of places where radio services are regulated by the FCC (see CB
Rule 5, Sec. 95.405);
(2) Aboard any vessel or aircraft registered in the United States; or
(3) Aboard any unregistered vessel or aircraft owned or operated by a United States citizen or company.
(a) Your CB station must comply with technical rules found in subpart E of part 95.
(b) Where the rules use the word ``you'', ``you'' means a person operating a CB station.
(c) Where the rules use the word ``person,'' the rules are concerned with an individual, a corporation, a
partnership, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a state, territorial or local government unit, or
other legal entity.
(d) Where the rules use the term ``FCC'', that means the Federal Communications Commission.
(e) Where the rules use the term ``CB station'', that means a radio station transmitting in the CB Radio
Service.
2.3 Am I eligible to operate a CB station?
You are authorized to operate a CB station unless:
(a) You are a foreign government, a representative of a foreign government, or a federal government
agency; or
(b) The FCC has issued a cease and desist order to you, and the order is still in effect.
2.4 Do I need a license?
You do not need an individual license to operate a CB station. You are authorized by this rule to operate
your CB station in accordance with the rules in this subpart.
2.5 Where may I operate my CB station?
You are authorized to operate your CB station from:
(a) Within or over any area of the world where radio services are regulated by the FCC. Those areas are
within the territorial limits of:
(1) The fifty United States
(2) The District of Columbia
(3) Caribbean Insular areas
(4) Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
(5) Navassa Island
(6) United States Virgin Islands (50 islets and cays)
(7) Pacific Insular areas
(8) American Samoa (seven islands)
(9) Baker Island
(10) Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands
(11) Guam Island.
(12) Howland Island
(13) Jarvis Island
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