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[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR87]

[Page 223-224]

TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

PART 87_AVIATION SERVICES--Table of Contents

Subpart K_Aviation Support Stations


Sec. 87.319 Scope of service.

Aviation support stations are used for the following types of
operations:
(a) Pilot training;
(b) Coordination of soaring activities between gliders, tow
aircraft
and land stations;
(c) Coordination of activities between free balloons or lighter-
than-air aircraft and ground stations;
(d) Coordination between aircraft and aviation service
organizations
located on an airport concerning the safe and efficient portal-to-
portal
transit of the aircraft, such as the types of fuel and ground
services
available; and
(e) Promotion of safety of life and property.

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Sec. 87.321 Supplemental eligibility.

Each applicant must certify as to its eligibility under the scope
of
service described above.

[63 FR 68958, Dec. 14, 1998]


Sec. 87.323 Frequencies.

(a) 121.500 MHz: Emergency and distress only.
(b) The frequencies 121.950, 123.300 and 123.500 MHz are
available
for assignment to aviation support stations used for pilot training,
coordination of lighter-than-air aircraft operations, or coordination
of
soaring or free ballooning activities. Applicants for 121.950 MHz
must
coordinate their proposal with the appropriate FAA Regional Spectrum
Management Office. The application must specify the FAA Region
notified
and the date notified. Applicants for aviation support land stations
may
request frequency(ies) based upon their eligibility although the
Commission reserves the right to specify the frequency of assignment.
Aviation support mobile stations will be assigned 123.300 and 123.500
MHz. However, aviation support mobile stations must operate only on a
noninterference basis to communications between aircraft and aviation
support land stations.
(c) The frequency 122.775 MHz and, secondary to aeronautical
multicom stations, the frequency 122.850 MHz are available for
assignment to aviation support stations. These frequencies may be
used
for communications between aviation service organizations and
aircraft
in the airport area. These frequencies must not be used for air
traffic
control purposes or to transmit information pertaining to runway,
wind
or weather conditions.
(d) The frequency 3281.0 kHz is available for assignment to
aviation
support stations used for coordination of lighter-than-air aircraft
operations.

[53 FR 28940, Aug. 1, 1988, as amended at 63 FR 68958, Dec. 14, 1998]