Third
Party Traffic Regulations
The following is a copy of
the FCC comments on Third Party Traffic from the FCC ULS website
Third Party Communications
Section 97.115 of the Commission's
Rules, 47 C.F.R. §97.115, authorizes an amateur station regulated
by the FCC to transmit a message from its control operator (first
party) to another amateur station control operator (second party) on
behalf of another person (third party). No amateur station, however,
shall transmit messages for a third party to any station within the
jurisdiction of any foreign government whose administration has not
made arrangements with the United States to allow amateur stations to
be used for transmitting international communications on behalf of
third parties.
The
following countries have made the necessary arrangements with the
United States to permit an amateur station regulated by the FCC to
exchange messages for a third party with amateur stations in: Antigua
and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Federal Islamic Republic of Comoros,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,
The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Israel,
Jamaica, Jordan, Liberia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Mexico,
Federated States of Micronesia, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,
Philippines, St. Christopher and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the
Grenadines, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Trinidad and Tobago,
Turkey, United Kingdom (special event stations with call sign prefix GB
followed by a number other than 3), Uruguay, and Venezuela. The United
Nations also has arrangements with the United States to permit an
amateur station regulated by the FCC to exchange messages for a third
party with amateur stations 4U1ITU in Geneva, Switzerland, and 4U1VIC
in Vienna, Austria.
No
amateur station regulated by the FCC shall transmit messages for a
third party to any amateur station located within the jurisdiction of
any foreign government not listed above. This prohibition does not
apply to a message for any third party who is eligible to be the
control operator of the station.
Additional info:
Third party traffic with these United States territories is authorized
by virtue of their amateur radio licenses issued by the FCC: The
Northern Marianas Islands, Guam, Johnston Island, Midway Island, Kure
Island, America Samoa, Wake Island, Peale Island, The Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
Also see ARRL
Third Party Operating Agreements.