47 CFR § 97.215 - Telecommand of model craft.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t47/s97.215"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "47 CFR § 97.215 - Telecommand of model craft."
title_number: 47
title_name: "Telecommunication"
section_number: "97.215"
section_name: "Telecommand of model craft."
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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# 97.215 Telecommand of model craft.
An amateur station transmitting signals to control a model craft may be operated as follows:
(a) The station identification procedure is not required for transmissions directed only to the model craft, provided that a label indicating the station call sign and the station licensee's name and address is affixed to the station transmitter.
(b) The control signals are not considered codes or ciphers intended to obscure the meaning of the communication.
(c) The transmitter power must not exceed 1 W.
[54 FR 25857, June 20, 1989, as amended at 56 FR 56171, Nov. 1, 1991]