• New Ham Book
  • 1 About
    • Origins
    • Philosophy
  • 2 Getting started
    • Get licensed
      • Study resources
    • Don’t buy a radio (just yet)
  • 3 Hands-on hamming
    • Quest 1: WebSDR
      • Vist the WebSDR site at https://websdr.org.
      • Visit the K3FEF web SDR
    • Quest 2: DMR
      • Visit the Brandmeister Network
      • Click on an active QSO
    • Quest 3: APRS
      • Visit APRS.fi
      • Get more info
      • Click on a mobile (moving) station
      • Find the International Space Station (ISS)
    • Quest 4: Satellite tracking
      • Visit https://www.n2yo.com/space-station/
      • Visit the Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT)
      • When will the ISS pass over you next?
    • Quest 5: POTA/SOTA hunting
      • Visit Pota.app
      • Choose a station to “hunt”
      • Open WebSDR
      • Tune to the POTA station frequency
    • Quest 6: FT8/FT4 digital modes
    • Quest 7: Identify the signal
    • Quest 8: Find hams in your area
      • Open the Amateur Radio License Map application
      • Search for hams in your current Zip code
      • Search for a specific callsign
    • Quest 9: Ham geography
      • ITU Regions
      • ITU Zones
      • DX Entities
      • CQ Zones
      • Callsign areas
      • ARRL divisions
      • ARRL/RAC sections
      • Summits on the Air
      • Parks on the Air
      • Maidenhead Locator
      • Latitude/Longitude
      • Great Circle maps
  • 4 Band conditions
    • HF propagation
    • VHF propagation
    • PSK Reporter
    • WSPR Rocks
  • I Operating
  • 5 FM repeaters
    • Background
    • Equipment
      • HTs
      • Mobile rigs
    • Tips and Tricks
  • 6 Digital modes
    • Background
    • Modes
      • FT8/FT4
      • WSPR
      • APRS
      • RTTY, PSK31, and related modes
    • Equipment
    • Tips and tricks
  • II Question pools
  • 7 Technician
    • Summary
      • SUBELEMENT T1 COMMISSION’S RULES
      • SUBELEMENT T2 - OPERATING PROCEDURES
      • SUBELEMENT T3 – RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION
      • SUBELEMENT T4 – AMATEUR RADIO PRACTICES
      • SUBELEMENT T5 – ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES
      • SUBELEMENT T6 – ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
      • SUBELEMENT T7 – PRACTICAL CIRCUITS
      • SUBELEMENT T8 – SIGNALS AND EMISSIONS
      • SUBELEMENT T9 – ANTENNAS AND FEED LINES
      • SUBELEMENT T0 – SAFETY
    • Questions
      • SUBELEMENT T1 – COMMISSION’S RULES
      • SUBELEMENT T2 - OPERATING PROCEDURES
      • SUBELEMENT T3 – RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION
      • SUBELEMENT T4 – AMATEUR RADIO PRACTICES
      • SUBELEMENT T5 – ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES
      • SUBELEMENT T6 – ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
      • SUBELEMENT T7 – PRACTICAL CIRCUITS
      • SUBELEMENT T8 – SIGNALS AND EMISSIONS
      • SUBELEMENT T9 – ANTENNAS AND FEED LINES
      • SUBELEMENT T0 – SAFETY
    • Figures
      • T-1
      • T-2
      • T-3
  • III Supplemental
  • 8 Lingo
    • Phonetic alphabet
    • Glossary
      • A
      • AC
      • AF
      • AFSK
      • AGC
      • AM
      • Amateur Extra
      • APRS
      • ARRL
      • ARQ
      • CSCE
      • cm
      • CQ
      • CW
      • CTCSS
      • dB
      • DC
      • DMR
      • DTMF
      • DX
      • E
      • Extra
      • FCC
      • FEMA
      • FET
      • FM
      • FT4
      • FT8
      • General
      • GHz
      • Grid square
      • HF
      • I
      • IC
      • IEEE
      • IRLP
      • ISS
      • ITU
      • kHz
      • LED
      • LEO
      • \(LiFePO_4\)
      • LSB
      • m
      • mA
      • mF
      • MHz
      • NCS
      • P
      • Phone
      • PL-259
      • PM
      • POTA
      • PSK
      • PTT
      • R
      • RACES
      • RF
      • RG-58
      • RG-213
      • RIT
      • SDR
      • SO-239
      • SPDT
      • SSB
      • SOTA
      • SWL
      • SWR
      • Technician
      • UHF
      • ULS
      • USB
      • UTC
      • V
      • VE
      • VFO
      • VHF
      • VOiP
      • VOX
      • W
      • WSPR
    • Q-codes
      • QRM
      • QRN
      • QRP
      • QRZ
      • QSL
      • QSO
      • QST
      • QTH
    • Morse code
  • 9 FCC Part 97
    • Subpart A—General Provisions
      • § 97.1 Basis and purpose.
      • § 97.3 Definitions.
      • § 97.5 Station license required.
      • § 97.7 Control operator required.
      • § 97.9 Operator license grant.
      • § 97.11 Stations aboard ships or aircraft.
      • § 97.13 Restrictions on station location.
      • § 97.15 Station antenna structures.
      • § 97.17 Application for new license grant.
      • § 97.19 Application for a vanity call sign.
      • § 97.21 Application for a modified or renewed license grant.
      • § 97.23 Mailing and email addresses.
      • § 97.25 License term.
      • 9.0.1 § 97.27 FCC modification of station license grant.
      • § 97.29 Replacement license grant document.
      • § 97.31 Cancellation on account of the licensee’s death.
    • Subpart B—Station Operation Standards
      • § 97.101 General standards.
      • § 97.103 Station licensee responsibilities.
      • § 97.105 Control operator duties.
      • § 97.107 Reciprocal operating authority.
      • § 97.109 Station control.
      • § 97.111 Authorized transmissions.
      • § 97.113 Prohibited transmissions.
      • § 97.115 Third party communications.
      • § 97.117 International communications.
      • § 97.119 Station identification.
      • § 97.121 Restricted operation.
    • Subpart C—Special Operations
      • § 97.201 Auxiliary station.
      • § 97.203 Beacon station.
      • § 97.205 Repeater station.
      • § 97.207 Space station.
      • § 97.209 Earth station.
      • § 97.211 Space telecommand station.
      • § 97.213 Telecommand of an amateur station.
      • § 97.215 Telecommand of model craft.
      • § 97.217 Telemetry.
      • § 97.219 Message forwarding system.
      • § 97.221 Automatically controlled digital station.
    • Subpart D—Technical Standards
      • § 97.301 Authorized frequency bands.
      • § 97.303 Frequency sharing requirements.
      • § 97.305 Authorized emission types.
      • § 97.307 Emission standards.
      • § 97.309 RTTY and data emission codes.
      • § 97.311 SS emission types.
      • § 97.313 Transmitter power standards.
      • § 97.315 Certification of external RF power amplifiers.
      • § 97.317 Standards for certification of external RF power amplifiers.
    • Subpart E—Providing Emergency Communications
      • § 97.401 Operation during a disaster.
      • § 97.403 Safety of life and protection of property.
      • § 97.405 Station in distress.
      • § 97.407 Radio amateur civil emergency service.
    • Subpart F—Qualifying Examination Systems
      • § 97.501 Qualifying for an amateur operator license.
      • § 97.503 Element standards.
      • 9.0.2 § 97.505 Element credit.
      • 9.0.3 § 97.507 Preparing an examination.
      • 9.0.4 § 97.509 Administering VE requirements.
      • 9.0.5 § 97.511 Examinee conduct.
      • 9.0.6 § 97.513 VE session manager requirements.
      • 9.0.7 § 97.519 Coordinating examination sessions.
      • 9.0.8 § 97.521 VEC qualifications.
      • 9.0.9 § 97.523 Question pools.
      • 9.0.10 § 97.525 Accrediting VEs.
      • 9.0.11 § 97.527 Reimbursement for expenses.
      • 9.0.12 Appendix 2 to Part 97—VEC Regions
  • 10 Links
    • Third party traffic
  • 11 Videos
    • What hams do
    • Wave behavior
    • Electronics
      • 11.0.1 History of Ohms’ Law
    • Ham radio movie, High Frequency
    • Getting licensed
    • Ham Radio Crash Course Technician class Course (n.d.)
    • References
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Chapter 10 Links

Third party traffic

The ARRL maintains a site with information about which countries U.S.-licensed hams may pass third party traffic to:

http://www.arrl.org/third-party-operating-agreements

Link to def of Amateur Operator