FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Washington, D .C .
	
((x.1530)
PRESS RELEASE
June 11, 1940,
ORDER ON AMATEUR PORTABLE TRANSMITTERS MODIFIED
TO PERMIT DOMESTIC EMERGENCY USE
The Federal Communications Commission today amended its Order No . 73,
banning use of licensed portable and portable-mobile amateur stations
on frequenciesbelow 56,000 kilocycles, to permit domestic communication with uch
licensed equipment in the public interest during a "bona-fide° commmunication
emergency when normal facilities are inadequate or non-existent, and to allow
actual domestic testing and developing of this emergency use equipment on
Saturdays and Sundays of each week, between sunrise and sunset, providing
notice is given at least 48 hours in advance to the Commission's inspector
in charge of the district in which such domestic operation is contemplated.
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