Section 87.109 of the Commission’s
rules require that a station at a fixed location in the
international aeronautical mobile service (IAMS) must maintain a
log (written or automatic log) in accordance with the Annex 10
provisions of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
Convention. This log is necessary to document the quality of
service provided by fixed stations and must contain the following
information: 1) The name of the agency operating the station; 2)
The identification of the station; 3) The date; 4) The time of
opening and closing the station; 5) The frequencies being guarded
and the type of watch (continuous or scheduled) being maintained on
each frequency; 6) Except at intermediate mechanical relay stations
where the provisions of this paragraph need not be complied with, a
record of each communication showing text of communication, time
communications completed, station(s) communicated with, and
frequency used; 7) All distress communications and action thereon;
8) A brief description of communications conditions and
difficulties, including harmful interference. Such entries should
include, whenever practicable, the time at which interference was
experienced, the character, radio frequency and identification of
the interfering signal; 9) A brief description of interruption to
communications due to equipment failure or other troubles, giving
the duration of the interruption and action taken; 10) Such
additional information as may be considered by the operator to be
of value as part of the record of the stations operations; and
Stations maintaining written logs must also enter the signature of
each operator, with the time the operator assumes and relinquishes
a watch. In short, the Commission is concerned with matters
involving harmful interference, equipment failure, and logging of
distress and safety calls where applicable.
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USC 303 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
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USC 307(e) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as
amended
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USC 154 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
The Commission reporting
adjustments/increase to this collection represents and accurate
accounting of the active number of stations at a fixed location in
the international aeronautical mobile service that must maintain a
log in accordance with Annex 10 of the ICAO Convention. Therefore,
the adjustments are as follows: +12 to the number of respondents,
+12 to the annual number of responses and +1,200 to the annual
burden hours.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Supporting statement OMB 3060-0998 (2021)doc.docx
Section 87.109, Station Logs