Legal ID: A followup question

[Garrett Wollman <wollman>]

<<On Mon, 02 Aug 1999 13:40:19 -0500, Blaine Thompson <phredd@indy.net> said:

> At the station I work at, we had to sign off one overnight, for some TX
> maintenance.  What's the proper FCC procedure for signing off (and for
> signing back on!)?

Issue a legal ID, and then drop carrier.  Reverse the procedure to
sign on.

In fact, the shortest permitted transmission is:

	assert carrier
	transmit legal ID
	drop carrier

This comes under the ``beginning and ending of each time of
operation'' clause -- but it's surprising how many stations get it
wrong.

- -GAWollman

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