Sec. 22.577  Dispatch service.

    Carriers licensed under this subpart may provide dispatch service in 
accordance with the rules in this section.
    (a) Installation without prior FCC approval. A station licensee may 
install or remove dispatch points for subscribers without obtaining 
prior FCC approval. A station licensee may install or remove dispatch 
transmitters for subscribers without applying for specific 
authorization, provided that the following conditions are met.
    (1) Each dispatch transmitter must be able to transmit only on the 
mobile channel that is paired with the channel used by the base station.
    (2) The antenna of the dispatch transmitter must not exceed the 
criteria in Sec. 17.7 of this chapter that determine whether the FAA 
must be notified of the proposed construction.
    (3) The output power of the dispatch transmitter must not exceed 10 
Watts.
    (4) The dispatch transmitter must be incapable of overriding the 
functioning of any control transmitter that may be using the same 
channel.
    (5) The dispatch transmitter must be under the continuous 
supervision of the licensee.
    (b) Notification. Licensees must notify the FCC (FCC Form 489) 
whenever a dispatch transmitter is installed pursuant to paragraph (a) 
of this section. The notification must include the name and address of 
the subscriber(s) for which the dispatch transmitter was installed, the 
location of the dispatch transmitter, the height of antenna structure 
above ground and above mean sea level, the channel(s) used, and the call 
sign and location of the base station.
    (c) Termination without hearing. Operation of a dispatch transmitter 
pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section may be terminated by 
the FCC without a hearing upon notice to the licensee.
    (d) Dispatch transmitters requiring authorization. A dispatch 
transmitter that does not meet all of the requirements of paragraph (a) 
of this section may be installed only upon grant of an application for 
authorization therefor (FCC Form 600).

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    (e) Permissible communications. A dispatch transmitter operated by a 
subscriber may communicate only with mobile transmitters operated by 
that subscriber through the associated base transmitter.
[ 59 FR 59507 , Nov. 17, 1994, as amended at  60 FR 15495 , Mar. 24, 1995]