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Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit (RP) is needed to operate most aircraft, aeronautical ground and marine radiotelephone stations aboard pleasure craft (other than those carrying more than six passengers for hire on the Great Lakes or bays or tidewaters or in the open sea where operator licensing is required). RP holders may also operate, repair and maintain any kind of AM, FM, TV or international
broadcast station. Most broadcast station licensees, however, require their technicians and engineers to hold a General Radiotelephone Operator license.
An RP is NOT needed to operate the following:
- a voluntarily equipped ship or aircraft station (including a CAP station) which operates only on VHF frequencies and does not make foreign voyages or flights.
- an aeronautical ground or coast station which operates only on VHF frequencies.
- on-board stations.
- a marine utility station unless it is taken aboard a vessel which makes a foreign voyage.
- a survival craft station when using telephony or an emergency position indicating radiobeacon (EPIRB) station.
- a ship radar station, if the operating frequency is determined by a fixed tuned device and the radar is capable of being operated by only external controls.
- shore radar, shore radiolocation, maritime support, or shore radio-navigation stations.
To qualify, you must:
- be either a legal resident of (or otherwise eligible for employment in) the United States or hold an aircraft pilot certificate valid in the United States or hold an FCC radio station in your own name; and
- be able to speak and hear; and
- be able to keep at least a rough written log; and
- be familiar with provisions of applicable treaties, laws and rules which govern the radio station you will operate.
If you are a non-resident alien you must hold one of the following three documents to be eligible for an RP:
- a valid United States pilot certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration; or
- a foreign aircraft pilot certificate which is valid in the United States on the basis of reciprocal agreements with foreign governments; or
- a valid radio station license issued by the FCC in your own name. (An RP issued on this basis will authorize you to operate your own station only.)
The Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permits are issued for the holder's lifetime.
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