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[Title 47, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 47CFR95.412]



[Page 530-531]

 

                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

                         COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

 

PART 95_PERSONAL RADIO SERVICES--Table of Contents

 

               Subpart D_Citizens Band (CB) Radio Service

 

Sec. 95.412  (CB Rule 12) What communications may be transmitted?



    (a) You may use your CB station to transmit two-way plain language 

communications. Two-way plain language communications are communications 

without codes or coded messages. Operating signals such as ``ten codes'' 

are not considered codes or coded messages. You may transmit two-way 

plain language communications only to other CB stations, to units of 

your own CB station or to authorized government stations on CB 

frequencies about--



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    (1) Your personal or business activities or those of members of your 

immediate family living in your household;

    (2) Emergencies (see CB Rule 18, Sec. 95.418);

    (3) Traveler assistance (see CB Rule 18, Sec. 95.418); or

    (4) Civil defense activities in connection with official tests or 

drills conducted by, or actual emergencies announced by, the civil 

defense agency with authority over the area in which your station is 

located.

    (b) You may use your CB station to transmit a tone signal only when 

the signal is used to make contact or to continue communications. 

(Examples of circuits using these signals are tone operated squelch and 

selective calling circuits.) If the signal is an audible tone, it must 

last no longer than 15 seconds at one time. If the signal is a 

subaudible tone, it may be transmitted continuously only as long as you 

are talking.

    (c) You may use your CB station to transmit one-way communications 

(messages which are not intended to establish communications between two 

or more particular CB stations) only for emergency communications, 

traveler assistance, brief tests (radio checks) or voice paging.