Sec.  23.32   Equipment and service tests.

   

   (a) Upon completion of construction of a radio station in exact
   accordance with the terms of the construction permit, the technical
   provisions of the application therefor and the other applicable
   provisions of this part and prior to filing of application for
   license, the permittee is authorized to test the equipment for a
   period not to exceed 10 days: Provided, That:

   (1) The engineer in charge of the district in which the station is
   located is notified 2 days in advance of the beginning of tests.

   (2) The Commission may notify the permittee to conduct no tests or may
   cancel, suspend, or change the date of beginning for the period of
   such tests as and when such action may appear to be in the public
   interest, convenience, and necessity.

   (b) When construction and equipment tests are completed in exact
   accordance with the terms of the construction permit, the technical
   provisions of the application therefor, and the other applicable
   provisions of this part, and after an application for station license
   has been filed with the Commission showing the transmitter to be in
   satisfactory operating condition, the permittee is authorized to
   conduct service tests in exact accordance with the terms of the
   construction permit for a period not to exceed 30 days: Provided,
   That:

   (1) The engineer in charge of the district in which the station is
   located is notified 2 days in advance of the beginning of the tests.

   (2) The Commission reserves the right to cancel such tests or suspend,
   or change the date of beginning for the period of such tests as and
   when such action may appear to be in the public interest, convenience,
   and necessity by notifying the permittee.

   (3) Service tests will not be authorized after the expiration date of
   the construction permit.

   (c) The authorization for tests embodied in paragraphs (a) and (b) of
   this section shall not be construed as constituting a license to
   operate but as a necessary part of the construction.