Sec. 90.47  Establishment in isolated areas.

    (a) Eligibility. Persons or organizations maintaining establishment 
in isolated areas where public communications facilities are not 
available and where the use of radio is the only feasible means of 
establishing communication with a center of population, or other point 
from which emergency assistance might be obtained if needed, are 
eligible to hold authorizations to operate radio stations for the 
transmission of messages only

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during an actual or impending emergency endangering life, health or 
property for the transmission of essential communications arising from 
the emergency. The transmission of routine or non-emergency 
communications is strictly prohibited.
    (b) Special eligibility showing. The initial application requesting 
a station authorization for an establishment in an isolated area shall 
be accompanied by a statement describing the status of public 
communication facilities in the area of the applicant's establishment; 
the results of any attempts the applicant may have made to obtain public 
communication service, and; in the event radio communications service is 
to be furnished under subparagraph (d)(2) of this section, a copy of the 
agreement involved must be submitted.
    (c) Class and number of stations available. Persons or organizations 
in this category may be authorized to operate not more than one fixed 
station at any isolated establishment and not more than one fixed 
station in a center of population.
    (d) Communication service rendered and received. (1) The licensee of 
a station at any establishment in an isolated area shall make the 
communication facilities of such station available at no charge to any 
person desiring the transmission of any communication permitted by 
paragraph (a) of this section.
    (2) For the purpose of providing the communications link desired the 
licensee of a station at an establishment in an isolated area either may 
be the licensee of a similar station at another location or may obtain 
communication service under a mutual agreement from the licensee of any 
station in the Public Safety or Special Emergency Radio Services or any 
other station which is authorized to communicate with the special 
emergency fixed station.