47 CFR § 87.43 - Operation during emergency.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t47/s87.43"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "47 CFR § 87.43 - Operation during emergency."
title_number: 47
title_name: "Telecommunication"
section_number: "87.43"
section_name: "Operation during emergency."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SAFETY AND SPECIAL RADIO SERVICES"
part_number: "87"
part_name: "AVIATION SERVICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "47 U.S.C. 154, 303 and 307(e), unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 28940, Aug. 1, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "87"
---


# 87.43 Operation during emergency.

A station may be used for emergency communications in a manner other than that specified in the station license or in the operating rules when normal communication facilities are disrupted. The Commission may order the discontinuance f any such emergency service.