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FCC Regulations - Part 97 Amateur Radio Service
[Effective Oct 1, 2006.]
Subpart C Special Operations
Sec. 97.219 Message forwarding system.
(a) Any amateur station may participate in a message forwarding
system, subject to the privileges of the class of operator license held.
(b) For stations participating in a message forwarding system, the
control operator of the station originating a message is primarily
accountable for any violation of the rules in this part contained in the
message.
(c) Except as noted in (d) of this section, for stations
participating in a message forwarding system, the control operators of
forwarding stations that retransmit inadvertently communications that
violate the rules in this part are not accountable for the violative
communications. They are, however, responsible for discontinuing such
communications once they become aware of their presence.
(d) For stations participating in a message forwarding system, the
control operator of the first forwarding station must:
(1) Authenticate the identity of the station from which it accepts
communications on behalf of the system; or
(2) Accept accountability for any violation of the rules in this
part contained in messages it retransmits to the system.
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