Sec. 80.123  Service to stations on land.

    Marine VHF public coast stations, including AMTS coast stations, may 
provide public correspondence service to stations on land in accordance 
with the following:
    (a) The public coast station licensee must provide each associated 
land station with a letter, which shall be presented to authorized FCC 
representatives upon request, acknowledging that the land station may 
operate under the authority of the associated public coast station's 
license:
    (b) Each public coast station serving stations on land must afford 
priority to marine-originating communications through any appropriate 
electrical or mechanical means.
    (c) Land station identification shall consist of the associated 
public coast station's call sign, followed by a unique numeric or 
alphabetic unit identifier;
    (d) Radio equipment used on land must be type accepted for use under 
part 22, part 80, or part 90 of this chapter. Such equipment must 
operate only on the public correspondence channels authorized for use by 
the associated public coast station;
    (e) Transmitter power shall be in accordance with the limits set in 
Sec. 80.215 for ship stations and antenna height shall be limited to 6.1 
meters (20 feet) above ground level;
    (f) Land stations may only communicate with public coast stations 
and must remain within radio range of associated public coast stations; 
and,

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    (g) The land station must cease operation immediately upon written 
notice by the Commission to the associated public coast station that the 
land station is causing harmful interference to marine communications.
[ 62 FR 40304 , July 28, 1997]

               Special Procedures--Private Coast Stations