Sec.  87.347   Supplemental eligibility.

   (a) Aeronautical utility stations may transmit on unicom frequencies only at
   airports which have a unicom and a part-time or no control tower, an RCO or
   an FAA flight service station.

   (b) An applicant for an aeronautical utility station operating on a unicom
   frequency or the frequency 122.900 MHz must:

   (1) Have a need to routinely operate a ground vehicle on the airport
   movement area;

   (2) Maintain a list of the vehicle(s) in which the station is to be located;

   (3) Certify on the application that either the applicant is the airport
   owner or operator, or a state or local government aeronautical agency, or
   that the airport owner or operator has granted permission to operate the
   vehicle(s) on the airport movement area.

   (c) An applicant for an aeronautical utility station requesting authority to
   transmit on the local control (tower) frequency or on the control tower
   remote communications outlet (RCO) frequency must certify that the Air
   Traffic Manager of the airport control tower approves the requested use of
   the tower or RCO frequency.

   [ 53 FR 28940 , Aug. 1, 1988, as amended at  55 FR 30464 , July 26, 1990;  55 FR 30908 , July 30, 1990;  63 FR 68958 , Dec. 14, 1998]