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Radio Service Codes are used to abbreviate the names of the various radio services. They are used in the FCC database, RadioReference.com database, and on FCC licenses and applications.

{|class="rrtable sortable"
|+'''FCC Radio Service Codes'''
!Category !!Code !!Description 
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|Broadcast||AM||AM Station
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|Broadcast||CA||Class A TV
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|Broadcast||DC||Digital Class A TV
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|Broadcast||DT||Digital TV
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|Broadcast||FB||FM Booster
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|Broadcast||FL||Low Power FM
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|Broadcast||FM||FM Station
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|Broadcast||FX||FM Translator
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|Broadcast||LD||Digital Translator or Digital LPTV
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|Broadcast||TV||Television
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|Broadcast||TX||TV Translator or LPTV station
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|Broadcast Support||AB||Aural Microwave Booster
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|Broadcast Support||AI||Aural Intercity Relay
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|Broadcast Support||AS||Aural Studio Transmitter Link
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|Broadcast Support||CT||Local Television Transmission
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|Broadcast Support||LP||Broadcast Auxiliary Low Power
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|Broadcast Support||LV||Low Power Wireless Assist Video Devices
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|Broadcast Support||RP||Broadcast Auxiliary Remote Pickup
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|Broadcast Support||TB||TV Microwave Booster
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|Broadcast Support||TI||TV Intercity Relay
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|Broadcast Support||TP||TV Pickup
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|Broadcast Support||TS||TV Studio Transmitter Link
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|Broadcast Support||TT||TV Translator Relay
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|Experimental ||XC||Experimental Contract
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|Experimental ||XD||Experimental Developmental
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|Experimental ||XE||Experimental Export
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|Experimental ||XR||Experimental Research
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|Experimental ||XT||Experimental Testing
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|Fixed Wireless||BA||1390-1392 MHz Band, Market Area
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|Fixed Wireless||BB||1392-1395 and 1432-1435 MHz Bands, Market Area
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|Fixed Wireless||BC||1670-1675 MHz Band, Market Area
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|Fixed Wireless||CE||Digital Electronic Message Service - Common Carrier
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|Fixed Wireless||CF||Common Carrier Fixed Point to Point Microwave
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|Fixed Wireless||DV||Multichannel Video Distribution AND Data Service
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|Fixed Wireless||LD||Local Multipoint Distribution Service
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|Fixed Wireless||MG||Microwave Industrial/Business Pool
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|Fixed Wireless||MM||Millimeter Wave 70/80/90 GHz Service
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|Fixed Wireless||MS||Multiple Address Service, Auctioned
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|Fixed Wireless||PE||Digital Electronic Message Service - Private
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|Fixed Wireless||TN||39 Ghz, Auctioned
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|Fixed Wireless||TZ||24 GHz Service
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|Fixed Wireless||WM||Microwave Marine
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|International Broadcast||IHF||International HF Broadcast
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|Land Mobile Radio||GB||Business, 806-821/851-866 MHz, Conventional
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|Land Mobile Radio||GI||Other Indust/Land Transp, 896-901/935-940 MHz, Conv.
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|Land Mobile Radio||GJ||Business/Industrial/Land Trans, 809-824/854-869 MHz, Conv.
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|Land Mobile Radio||GM||800 MHz Conventional SMR (SMR, Site-specific)
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|Land Mobile Radio||GO||Other Indust/Land Transp, 806-821/851-866 MHz, Conv.
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|Land Mobile Radio||GR||SMR, 896-901/935-940 MHz, Conventional
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|Land Mobile Radio||GU||Business, 896-901/935-940 MHz, Conventional
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|Land Mobile Radio||GX||SMR, 806-821/851-866 MHz, Conventional
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|Land Mobile Radio||IG||Industrial/Business Pool, Conventional
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|Land Mobile Radio||IK||Industrial/Business Pool - Commercial, Conventional
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|Land Mobile Radio||QQ||Intelligent Transportation Service (Non-Public Safety)
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|Land Mobile Radio||RS||Land Mobile Radiolocation
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|Land Mobile Radio||YB||Business, 806-821/851-866 MHz, Trunked
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|Land Mobile Radio||YG||Industrial/Business Pool, Trunked
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|Land Mobile Radio||YI||Other Indust/Land Transp. 896-901/935-940 MHz, Trunked
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|Land Mobile Radio||YJ||Business/Industrial/Land Trans, 809-824/854-869 MHz, Trunked
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|Land Mobile Radio||YK||Industrial/Business Pool - Commercial, Trunked
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|Land Mobile Radio||YM||800 MHz Trunked SMR (SMR, Site-specific)
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|Land Mobile Radio||YO||Other Indust/Land Transp. 806-821/851-866 MHz, Trunked
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|Land Mobile Radio||YS||SMR, 896-901/935-940 MHz, Trunked
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|Land Mobile Radio||YU||Business, 896-901/935-940 MHz, Trunked
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|Land Mobile Radio||YX||SMR, 806-821/851-866 MHz, Trunked
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|Mobile/Fixed Broadband||AW||AWS, 1710-1755/2110-2155 MHz bands
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|Mobile/Fixed Broadband||BR||Broadband Radio Service
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|Mobile/Fixed Broadband||CA||Commercial Air-ground Radiotelephone
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|Mobile/Fixed Broadband||CG||General Aviation Air-ground Radiotelephone
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|Mobile/Fixed Broadband||CJ||Commercial Aviation Air-Ground Radiotelephone (800 MHz band)
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|Mobile/Fixed Broadband||CL||Cellular
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|Mobile/Fixed Broadband||CW||PCS Broadband
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|Mobile/Fixed Broadband||CY||1910-1915/1990-1995 MHz Bands, Market Area
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|Mobile/Fixed Broadband||ED||Educational Broadband Service
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|Mobile/Fixed Broadband||NN||3650-3700 MHz
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|Mobile/Fixed Broadband||WS||Wireless Communications Service
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|Mobile/Fixed Broadband||WU||700 MHz Upper Band (Block C)
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|Mobile/Fixed Broadband||WX||700 MHz Guard Band
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|Mobile/Fixed Broadband||WY||700 MHz Lower Band (Blocks A, B, E)
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|Mobile/Fixed Broadband||WZ||700 MHz Lower Band (Blocks C, D)
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|Mobile/Fixed Broadband||YC||SMR, 806-821/851-866 MHz, Auctioned
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|Mobile/Fixed Broadband||YD||SMR, 896-901/935-940 MHz, Auctioned
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|Mobile/Fixed Broadband||YH||SMR, 806-821/851-866 MHz, Auctioned (Rebanded YC license)
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|Paging and Messaging||CB||BETRS
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|Paging and Messaging||CD||Paging and Radiotelephone
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|Paging and Messaging||CN||PCS Narrowband
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|Paging and Messaging||CO||Offshore Radiotelephone
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|Paging and Messaging||CP||Part 22 VHF/UHF Paging (excluding 931MHz)
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|Paging and Messaging||CR||Rural Radiotelephone
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|Paging and Messaging||CZ||Part 22 931 MHZ Paging
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|Paging and Messaging||GC||929-931 MHz Band, Auctioned
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|Paging and Messaging||GS||Private Carrier Paging, 929-930 MHz
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|Paging and Messaging||LN||902-928 MHz Location Narrowband (Non-multilateration)
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|Paging and Messaging||LS||Location and Monitoring Service, Multilateration (LMS)
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|Paging and Messaging||LW||902-928 MHz Location Wideband (Grandfathered AVM)
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|Paging and Messaging||NC||Nationwide Commercial 5 Channel, 220 MHz
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|Paging and Messaging||QA||220-222 MHz Band, Auctioned
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|Paging and Messaging||QD||Non-Nationwide Data, 220 MHz
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|Paging and Messaging||QM||Non-Nationwide Public Safety/Mutual Aid, 220 MHz
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|Paging and Messaging||QO||Non-Nationwide Other, 220 MHz
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|Paging and Messaging||QT||Non-Nationwide 5 Channel Trunked, 220 MHz
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|Paging and Messaging||ZV||218-219 MHz Service
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|Personal||HA||Amateur
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|Personal||HV||Vanity
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|Personal||ZA||General Mobile Radio (GMRS)
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|Radar||MR||Marine Radiolocation Land
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|Radar||WR||Microwave Radiolocation
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|Safety of Life||AA||Aviation Auxiliary Group
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|Safety of Life||AC||Aircraft
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|Safety of Life||AF||Aeronautical and Fixed
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|Safety of Life||AR||Aviation Radionavigation
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|Safety of Life||CM||Commercial Operator
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|Safety of Life||GE||PubSafty/SpecEmer/PubSaftyNtlPlan,806-817/851-862MHz,Conv
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|Safety of Life||GF||Public Safety Ntl Plan, 821-824/866-869 MHz, Conv.
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|Safety of Life||GP||Public Safety/Spec Emerg, 806-821/851-866 MHz, Conv.
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|Safety of Life||IQ||Intelligent Transportation Service (Public Safety)
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|Safety of Life||MA||Marine Auxiliary Group
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|Safety of Life||MC||Coastal Group
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|Safety of Life||MK||Alaska Group
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|Safety of Life||MW||Microwave Public Safety Pool
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|Safety of Life||PA||Public Safety 4940-4990 MHz Band
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|Safety of Life||PC||Public Coast Stations, Auctioned
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|Safety of Life||PW||Public Safety Pool, Conventional
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|Safety of Life||RR||Restricted Operator
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|Safety of Life||SA||Ship Recreational or Voluntarily Equipped
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|Safety of Life||SB||Ship Compulsory Equipped
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|Safety of Life||SE||Ship Exemption
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|Safety of Life||SG||Conventional Public Safety 700 MHz
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|Safety of Life||SL||Public Safety 700 MHZ Band-State License
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|Safety of Life||SP||700 MHz Public Safety Broadband Nationwide License
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|Safety of Life||SY||Trunked Public Safety 700 MHz
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|Safety of Life||WA||Microwave Aviation
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|Safety of Life||YE||PubSafty/SpecEmer/PubSaftyNtlPlan,806-817/851-862MHz,Trunked
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|Safety of Life||YF||Public Safety Ntl Plan, 821-824/866-869 MHz, Trunked
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|Safety of Life||YP||Public Safety/Spec Emerg, 806-821/851-866 MHz, Trunked
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|Safety of Life||YW||Public Safety Pool, Trunked
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|Satellite Earth Station||BES||Blanket Earth Station
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|Satellite Earth Station||ESV||Earth Stations on-board Vessels
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|Satellite Earth Station||FES||Fixed Earth Station
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|Satellite Earth Station||FLE||Fixed Land Earth Station
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|Satellite Earth Station||HBT||Temporary Fixed VSAT Hub Station
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|Satellite Earth Station||HUB||VSAT Fixed Hub Station
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|Satellite Earth Station||MES||Mobile Earth Station
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|Satellite Earth Station||OTH||(catch all for anything that doesn't fit our categories)
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|Satellite Earth Station||TFE||Temporary Fixed Earth Station
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|Satellite Earth Station||VST||VSAT Network
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|Satellite Space Station||SSG||Geostationary Space Station
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|Satellite Space Station||SSN||Non-Geostationary Space Station
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== Related Wiki Articles ==
* [[FCC Station Class Codes]]
* [[Emission Designator]]

== Related Links ==
* [http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/index.htm?job=licensing_4&id=industrial_business FCC Industrial/Business radio service codes] (link to complete list is broken 6/28/15)
* [http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/index.htm?job=wtb_services_home FCC WTB Wireless Services]



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