Sec. 95.192  (FRS Rule 2) Authorized locations.

    (a) Provided that you comply with these rules, you are authorized to 
operate an FRS unit:
    (1) Within or over any area of the world where radio services are 
regulated by the FCC (this area includes the fifty United States and the 
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States 
Virgin Islands (50 islets and cays), American Samoa (seven islands), the 
Commonwealth of Northern Marianna Islands, and Guam Island);
    (2) Within or over any other area of the world, except within or 
over the territorial limits of areas where radio services are regulated 
by an agency of the United States other than the FCC or any foreign 
government (you are subject to its rules);
    (3) Aboard any vessel or aircraft registered in the United States, 
with the permission of the captain, that is within or over any area of 
the world where radio services are regulated by the FCC or upon or over 
international waters;
    (4) or; Aboard any unregistered vessel or aircraft owned or operated 
by a United States citizen or company that is within or over any area of 
the world where radio services are regulated by the FCC or upon or over 
international waters.
    (5) You must operate the FRS unit only according to any applicable 
treaty to which the United States is a party. The FCC will make public 
notice of any such conditions.
    (b)-(c) [Reserved]
    (d) Anyone intending to operate an FRS unit on the islands of Puerto 
Rico, Desecheo, Mona, Vieques, and Culebra in a manner that could pose 
an interference threat to the Arecibo Observatory shall notify the 
Interference Office, Arecibo Observatory, Post Office Box 995, Arecibo, 
Puerto Rico 00613, in writing or electronically, of the location of the 
unit. Operators may wish to consult interference guidelines, which will 
be provided by Cornell University. Operators who choose to transmit 
information electronically should e-mail to: prcz@naic.edu.
    (1) The notification to the Interference Office, Arecibo Observatory 
shall be made 45 days prior to commencing operation of the unit. The 
notification shall state the geographical coordinates of the unit.
    (2) After receipt of such notifications, the Commission will allow 
the Arecibo Observatory a period of 20 days for comments or objections. 
The operator will be required to make reasonable efforts in order to 
resolve or mitigate any potential interference problem with the Arecibo 
Observatory. If the Commission determines that an operator has satisfied 
its responsibility to make reasonable efforts to protect the Observatory 
from interference, the unit may be allowed to operate.

[ 61 FR 28768 , June 6, 1996, as amended at  62 FR 55535 , Oct. 27, 1997;  63 FR 68976 , Dec. 14, 1998]