47 CFR § 97.103 - Station licensee responsibilities.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t47/s97.103"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "47 CFR § 97.103 - Station licensee responsibilities."
title_number: 47
title_name: "Telecommunication"
section_number: "97.103"
section_name: "Station licensee responsibilities."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SAFETY AND SPECIAL RADIO SERVICES"
part_number: "97"
part_name: "AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE"
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. 151-155, 301-609, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "54 FR 25857, June 20, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "97"
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# 97.103 Station licensee responsibilities.
(a) The station licensee is responsible for the proper operation of the station in accordance with the FCC Rules. When the control operator is a different amateur operator than the station licensee, both persons are equally responsible for proper operation of the station.
(b) The station licensee must designate the station control operator. The FCC will presume that the station licensee is also the control operator, unless documentation to the contrary is in the station records.
(c) The station licensee must make the station and the station records available for inspection upon request by an FCC representative.
[54 FR 25857, June 20, 1989, as amended at 71 FR 66462, Nov. 15, 2006; 75 FR 27201, May 14, 2010]