{"data":{"id":"us/47-cfr-97.403","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"47 CFR 97.403","heading":"Safety of life and protection of property.","body":"No provision of these rules prevents the use by an amateur station of any means of radiocommunication at its disposal to provide essential communication needs in connection with the immediate safety of human life and immediate protection of property when normal communication systems are not available.","path":["Title 47—Telecommunication","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","SUBCHAPTER D—SAFETY AND SPECIAL RADIO SERVICES","PART 97—AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE","Subpart E—Providing Emergency Communications"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-47.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:28Z","sha256":"43208e9be11a3c752919e624f43273d97f9027136b248a91e3f765d99e72b842","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/47-cfr-97.401","next":"us/47-cfr-97.405"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}