Sec.  23.41   Quarterly report of frequency usage.

   

   (a) Transmitted frequencies. Each licensee in the international fixed
   radio-communication services shall submit a report of frequency usage
   for all authorized frequencies below 30 MHz for each station. If more
   than one station is operated from a common control point, reports for
   the stations may be combined into one. This report shall be due 40
   days after the close of each calendar quarter and shall contain the
   following information: Each frequency assigned to the station or
   stations and the number of hours it was used during the quarter to
   each point of communication for each class of service rendered (such
   as telegraph, telephone, program, or radiophoto), the types of
   emission normally used to each point of communication, and the total
   hours each frequency was used.

   (b) Received frequency report. Upon specific request by the
   Commission, licensees in the international fixed public
   radiocommunication services shall furnish promptly the following
   information regarding frequencies received from all points of
   communication: All frequencies received, including call signs,
   location of transmitting station, type and bandwidth of emission
   normally employed, point of reception, and a symbol from the following
   table indicating the amount of usage of the particular received
   frequency.


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              Symbol                               Usage
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D................................  Daily regular use during business
                                    days.
O................................  Occasional use; not used daily, but
                                    offered frequently when required by
                                    propagation or operational
                                    conditions.
S................................  Seldom received; where records
                                    indicate light use during the past
                                    year.
L................................  Limited use; limited by solar
                                    activity to a part of the solar
                                    cycle or to a part of each year.
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   The following criteria shall be used to determine whether or not a
   frequency shall be reported as received:

   (1) Report all frequencies regularly used during the period under
   consideration.

   (2) Report frequencies received consistently during a substantial part
   of any cyclical change in frequency usefulness even though they may be
   unused for considerable periods of time during another part of the
   cycle.

   (3) Do not report any frequency, the use of which is known to have
   been discontinued or transferred to another operation by a foreign
   correspondent.

   (4) Do not report any frequency which has been inactive for a period
   of 6 months or longer, except as indicated in paragraph (b)(2) of this
   section.

   [ 38 FR 22480 , Aug. 21, 1973]