Sec.  80.405   Station license.

   (a) Requirement. Except as provided in  Sec. 80.13(c), stations must have an
   authorization granted by the Federal Communications Commission.

   (b) Application. Application for authorizations in the maritime services
   must be submitted on the prescribed forms in accordance with subpart B of
   this part.

   (c) Posting. (1) The current station authorization for a station other than
   a public coast station, or a clearly legible copy, must be posted at the
   principal control point of each station. If a copy is posted, it must
   indicate the location of the original. When the station license cannot be
   posted as in the case of a marine utility station operating at temporary
   unspecified locations or the ship or recreational boat does not have an
   enclosed wheelhouse, it must be kept where it will be readily available for
   inspection. The licensee of a station on board a ship subject to Part II or
   III or Title III of the Communications Act or the Safety Convention must
   retain the most recently expired ship station license in the station records
   until the first Commission inspection after the expiration date.

   (2) Public coast stations authorized under this part must make available
   either a clearly legible copy of the authorization for each station at the
   principal control point of the station or an address or location where the
   current authorization may be found and a telephone number of that
   authorization's representative.

   [ 51 FR 31213 , Sept. 2, 1986, as amended at  62 FR 40307 , July 28, 1997;  68 FR 46972 , Aug. 7, 2003;  69 FR 64676 , Nov. 8, 2004]