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.