Harmful interference
(23) Harmful interference. Interference which endangers the functioning of a radionavigation service or of other safety services or seriously degrades, obstructs or repeatedly interrupts a radiocommunication service operating in accordance with the Radio Regulations. (24) IARP (International Amateur Radio Permit). A document issued pursuant to the terms of the Inter-American Convention on an International Amateur Radio Permit by a country signatory to that Convention, other than the United States. Montrouis, Haiti. AG/doc.3216/95. (25) Indicator. Words, letters or numerals appended to and separated from the call sign during the station identification. (26) Information bulletin. A message directed only to amateur operators consisting solely of subject matter of direct interest to the amateur service. (27) In-law. A parent, stepparent, sibling, or step-sibling of a licensee's spouse; the spouse of a licensee's sibling, step-sibling, child, or stepchild; or the spouse of a licensee's spouse's sibling or step-sibling. (28) International Morse code. A dot-dash code as defined in ITU-T Recommendation F.1 (March, 1998), Division B, I. Morse code. (29) ITU. International Telecommunication Union. (30) Line A. Begins at Aberdeen, WA, running by great circle arc to the intersection of 48 N, 120 W, thence along parallel 48 N, to the intersection of 95 W, thence by great circle arc through the southernmost point of Duluth, MN, thence by great circle arc to 45 N, 85 W, thence southward along meridian 85 W, to its intersection with parallel 41 N, thence along parallel 41 N, to its intersection with meridian 82 W, thence by great circle arc through the southernmost point of Bangor, ME, thence by great circle arc through the southernmost point of Searsport, ME, at which point it terminates. (31) Local control. The use of a control operator who directly manipulates the operating adjustments in the station to achieve compliance with the FCC Rules. (32) Message forwarding system. A group of amateur stations participating in a voluntary, cooperative, interactive arrangement where communications are sent from the control operator of an originating station to the control operator of one or more destination stations by one or more forwarding stations. (33) National Radio Quiet Zone. The area in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia Bounded by 3915 N on the north, 7830 W on the east, 3730 N on the south and 8030 W on the west. (34) Physician. For the purpose of this part, a person who is licensed to practice in a place where the amateur service is regulated by the FCC, as either a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or a Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) (35) Question pool. All current examination questions for a designated written examination element. (36) Question set. A series of examination questions on a given examination selected from the question pool. (37) Radio Regulations. The latest ITU Radio Regulations to which the United States is a party. (38) RACES (radio amateur civil emergency service). A radio service using amateur stations for civil defense communications during periods of local, regional or national civil emergencies. (39) Remote control. The use of a control operator who indirectly manipulates the operating adjustments in the station through a control link to achieve compliance with the FCC Rules. (40) Repeater. An amateur station that simultaneously retransmits the transmission of another amateur station on a different channel or channels. (41) Space station. An amateur station located more than 50 km above the Earth's surface. (42) Space telemetry. A one-way transmission from a space station of measurements made from the measuring instruments in a spacecraft, including those relating to the functioning of the spacecraft. (43) Spurious emission. An emission, or frequencies outside the necessary bandwidth of a transmission, the level of which may be reduced without affecting the information being transmitted. (44) Telecommand. A one-way transmission to initiate, modify, or terminate functions of a device at a distance. (45) Telecommand station. An amateur station that transmits communications to initiate, modify or terminate functions of a space station. (46) Telemetry. A one-way transmission of measurements at a distance from the measuring instrument. (47) Third party communications. A message from the control operator (first party) of an amateur station to another amateur station control operator (second party) on behalf of another person (third party). (48) ULS (Universal Licensing System). The consolidated database, application filing system and processing system for all Wireless Telecommunications Services. (49) VE. Volunteer examiner. (50) VEC. Volunteer-examiner coordinator.
Source
47 CFR § 97.3
Scoping language
For the purpose of this part