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COMMISSION'S RULES · Frequency allocations; Emission modes; Spectrum sharing; Transmissions near band edges; Contacting the International Space Station; Power output

T1B06§ 97.301(e), 97.305T1B →

On which HF bands does a Technician class operator have phone privileges?

  1. ANone
  2. B10-meter band only
  3. C80-meter, 40-meter, 15-meter, and 10-meter bands
  4. D30-meter band only
Why Under 97.301(e) and 97.305, Technicians get CW-only privileges on 80, 40, and 15 meters, plus a slice of 10 meters that includes voice: 28.300 to 28.500 MHz for SSB phone (and 28.000 to 28.300 for CW/RTTY/data). So 10 meters is the only HF band where a Technician may talk.
Watch out The list of 80, 40, 15, and 10 meters is the full set of Technician HF bands, but on the first three the privileges are CW only, not phone. The 30-meter band is CW and data only for every license class, no phone at all.
Technician HF: talk only on 10, tap code on 80/40/15.
HamSandwich explanation, first draft. The question and answers are the NCVEC text.
47 CFR 97.301(e) Authorized frequency bands.

The following transmitting frequency bands are available to an amateur station located within 50 km of the Earth's surface, within the specified ITU Region, and outside any area where the amateur service is regulated by any authority other than the FCC.

(a) For a station having a control operator who has been granted a Technician, General, Advanced, or Amateur Extra Class operator license or who holds a CEPT radio-amateur license or IARP of any class:

(b) For a station having a control operator who has been granted an Amateur Extra Class operator license, who holds a CEPT radio amateur license, or who holds a Class 1 IARP license:

(c) For a station having a control operator who has been granted an operator license of Advanced Class:

(d) For a station having a control operator who has been granted an operator license of General Class:

(e) For a station having a control operator who has been granted an operator license of Novice Class or Technician Class:

eCFR text as of 1 Sep 2026 · read on ecfr.gov
47 CFR 97.305 Authorized emission types.

(a) Except as specified elsewhere in this part, an amateur station may transmit a CW emission on any frequency authorized to the control operator.

(b) A station may transmit a test emission on any frequency authorized to the control operator for brief periods for experimental purposes, except that no pulse modulation emission may be transmitted on any frequency where pulse is not specifically authorized and no SS modulation emission may be transmitted on any frequency where SS is not specifically authorized.

(c) A station may transmit the following emission types on the frequencies indicated, as authorized to the control operator, subject to the standards specified in § 97.307(f):

eCFR text as of 1 Sep 2026 · read on ecfr.gov
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