Sec. 21.15  Technical content of applications.

    Applications shall contain all technical information required by the 
application form and any additional information necessary to fully 
describe the proposed facilities and to demonstrate compliance with all 
technical requirements of the rules governing the radio service involved 
(see subparts C, F and K as appropriate). The following paragraphs 
describe a number of technical requirements.
    (a)(1) Except in the case of applicants for Multipoint Distribution 
Service, applicants proposing a new station location (including receive-
only stations and passive repeaters) must indicate whether the station 
site is owned. If it is not owned, its availability for the proposed 
radio station site must be demonstrated. Under ordinary circumstances, 
this requirement will be considered satisfied if the site is under lease 
or under written option to buy or lease.
    (2) Where any lease or agreement to use land limits or conditions in 
any way the applicant's access or use of the site to provide public 
service, a copy of the lease or agreement (which clearly indicates the 
limitations or conditions) must be filed with the application, except in 
the case of applicants for stations in the Multipoint Distribution 
Service. Multipoint Distribution Service applicants must instead certify 
compliance with the limitations and conditions contained in the lease or 
option agreement.
    (3) Except for BTA and PSA authorization holders, Multipoint 
Distribution Service applicants proposing a new station location must 
certify the proposed station site will be available to the applicant for 
timely construction of the facilities during the initial construction 
period.
    (4) An applicant's failure to include a certification required under 
this Section will result in dismissal of the application. The submission 
of a false certification will subject the applicant to all remedies 
available to the Commission, including the dismissal with prejudice of 
all applications filed by the offending applicant and the revocation of 
authorizations of the offending applicant. Also, if evidence of intent 
exists, the case will be referred to the Department of Justice for 
criminal prosecution under 18 U.S.C. 1001. In addition, the submission 
of an intentionally falsified certification will be treated as a 
reflection on an applicant's basic qualifications to become or to remain 
a licensee.
    (b) [Reserved]
    (c) Each application involving a new or modified transmitting 
antenna supporting structure, passive facility, or the addition or 
removal of a transmitting antenna, or the repositioning of an authorized 
antenna for a station must be accompanied by a vertical profile sketch 
of the total structure depicting its structural nature and clearly 
indicating the ground elevation (above sea level) at the structure site, 
the overall height of the structure above ground (including obstruction 
lights when required, lightning rods, etc.) and, if mounted on a 
building, its overall height above the building. The proposed antenna on 
the structure must be clearly identified and its height above-ground 
(measured to the center of radiation) clearly indicated. Alternatively, 
applicants in the Multipoint Distribution Service who filed applications 
on or after September 15, 1995, may provide this information in the MDS 
long-form application.

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    (d) Each application proposing a new or modified antenna structure 
for a station (including a passive repeater or signal booster station) 
so as to change its overall height shall indicate whether any necessary 
notification of the FAA has been made. Complete information as to rules 
concerning the construction, marking and lighting of antenna structures 
is contained in part 17 of this chapter. See also Sec. 21.111 if the 
structure is used by more than one station.
    (e) Antenna Structure Registration Number. Applications proposing 
construction of a new antenna structure or alteration of the overall 
height of an existing antenna structure, where FAA notification prior to 
such construction or alteration is required by part 17 of this chapter, 
must include the FCC Antenna Structure Registration Number for the 
affected structure. If no such number has been assigned at the time the 
application is filed, the applicant must state in the application 
whether or not the antenna structure owner has notified the FAA of the 
proposed construction or alteration and applied to the FCC for an 
Antenna Structure Registration Number in accordance with Part 17 of this 
chapter of this structure for the antenna structure in question.
    (f) Except for applicants in the Multipoint Distribution Service who 
filed applications on or after September 15, 1995, an applicant 
proposing construction of one or more new stations or modification of 
existing stations where substantial changes in the operation or 
maintenance procedures are involved must submit a showing of the general 
maintenance procedures involved to insure the rendition of good public 
communications service. The showing should include but need not be 
limited to the following.
    (1) Location and telephone number (if known) of the maintenance 
center for a point to point microwave system. In lieu of providing the 
location and telephone number of the maintenance on a case by case 
basis, a licensee may file a complete list for all operational stations 
with the Commission and the Engineer-In-Charge of the appropriate radio 
district on an annual basis or at more frequent intervals as necessary 
to keep the information current.
    (2) The manner in which technical personnel are made aware of 
malfunction at any of the stations and the appropriate time required for 
them to reach any of the stations in the event of an emergency. If fault 
alarms are to be used, the items to be alarmed shall be specified as 
well as the location of the alarm center.
    (g) Applications in the Multipoint Distribution Service filed before 
September 15, 1995, proposing a new or replacement antenna (excluding 
omni-directional antennas) shall include an antenna radiation pattern 
showing the antenna power gain distribution in the horizontal plane 
expressed in decibels, unless such pattern is known to be on file with 
the Commission in which case the applicant may reference in its 
application the FCC-ID number that indicates that the pattern is on file 
with the Commission. Multipoint Distribution Service applicants who 
filed applications on or after September 15, 1995 must provide related 
information in completing an MDS long-form application.
    (h) Except for applications in the Multipoint Distribution Service 
filed on or after September 15, 1995, each application in the Point-to-
Point Radio, Local Television Transmission and Digital Electronic 
Message Service (excluding user stations) proposing a new or replacement 
antenna (excluding omni-directional antennas) shall include an antenna 
radiation pattern showing the antenna power gain distribution in the 
horizontal plane expressed in decibels, unless such pattern is known to 
be on file with the Commission in which case the applicant may reference 
in its application the FCC-ID number that indicates that the pattern is 
on file with the Commission. Multipoint Distribution Service applicants 
who filed applications on or after September 15, 1995 must provide 
related information in completing an MDS long-form application.
[ 44 FR 60534 , Oct. 19, 1979, as amended at  46 FR 23449 , Apr. 27, 1981; 
 52 FR 37778 , Oct. 9, 1987;  58 FR 11797 , Mar. 1, 1993;  60 FR 36551 , July 
17, 1995;  60 FR 57366 , Nov. 15, 1995;  61 FR 4364 , Feb. 6, 1996;  61 FR 26673 , May 28, 1996]

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