FCC 27.50 Revised as of October 1, 2005
Goto Year:2004 |
2006
Sec. 27.50 Power and antenna height limits.
(a) The following power limits apply to the 2305–2320 MHz and 2345–2360 MHz
bands:
(1) Fixed, land, and radiolocation land stations transmitting are limited to
2000 watts peak equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP).
(2) Mobile and radiolocation mobile stations transmitting are limited to 20
watts EIRP peak power.
(b) The following power and antenna height limits apply to transmitters
operating in the 746–764 MHz and 776–794 MHz bands:
(1) Fixed and base stations transmitting in the 746–764 MHz band and the
777–792 MHz band must not exceed an effective radiated power (ERP) of 1000
watts and an antenna height of 305 m height above average terrain (HAAT),
except that antenna heights greater than 305 m HAAT are permitted if power
levels are reduced below 1000 watts ERP in accordance with Table 1 of this
section;
(2) Control stations and mobile stations transmitting in the 747–762 MHz
band and the 776–794 MHz band and fixed stations transmitting in the 776–777
MHz band and the 792–794 MHz band are limited to 30 watts ERP;
(3) Portable stations (hand-held devices) transmitting in the 747–762 MHz
band and the 776–794 MHz band are limited to 3 watts ERP;
(4) Maximum composite transmit power shall be measured over any interval of
continuous transmission using instrumentation calibrated in terms of
RMS-equivalent voltage. The measurement results shall be properly adjusted
for any instrument limitations, such as detector response times, limited
resolution bandwidth capability when compared to the emission bandwidth,
etc., so as to obtain a true maximum composite measurement for the emission
in question over the full bandwidth of the channel.
(c) The following power and antenna height requirements apply to stations
transmitting in the 698–746 MHz band:
(1) Fixed and base stations are limited to a maximum effective radiated
power (ERP) of 50 kW, with the limitation on antenna heights as follows:
(i) Fixed and base stations with an ERP of 1000 watts or less must not
exceed an antenna height of 305 m height above average terrain (HAAT) except
when the power is reduced in accordance with Table 1 of this section;
(ii) The antenna height for fixed and base stations with an ERP greater than
1000 watts but not exceeding 50 kW is limited only to the extent required to
satisfy the requirements of Sec. 27.55(b).
(2) Control and mobile stations are limited to 30 watts ERP.
(3) Portable stations (hand-held devices) are limited to 3 watts ERP.
(4) Maximum composite transmit power shall be measured over any interval of
continuous transmission using instrumentation calibrated in terms of
RMS-equivalent voltage. The measurement results shall be properly adjusted
for any instrument limitations, such as detector response times, limited
resolution bandwidth capability when compared to the emission bandwidth,
etc., so as to obtain a true maximum composite measurement for the emission
in question over the full bandwidth of the channel.
(5) Licensees intending to operate a base or fixed station at a power level
greater than 1 kW ERP must provide advanced notice of such operation to the
Commission and to licensees authorized in their area of operation. Licensees
that must be notified are all licensees authorized under this part to
operate a base or fixed station on an adjacent spectrum block at a location
within 75 km of the base or fixed station operating at a power level greater
than 1 kW ERP. Notices must provide the location and operating parameters of
the base or fixed station operating at a power level greater than 1 kW ERP,
including the station's ERP, antenna coordinates, antenna height above
ground, and vertical antenna pattern, and such notices must be provided at
least 90 days prior to the commencement of station operation.
(d) The following power and antenna height requirements apply to stations
transmitting in the 1710–1755 MHz and 2110–2155 MHz bands:
(1) The power of each fixed or base station transmitting in the 2110–2155
MHz band and located in any county with population density of 100 or fewer
persons per square mile, based upon the most recently available population
statistics from the Bureau of the Census, is limited to a peak equivalent
isotropically radiated power (EIRP) of 3280 watts and a peak transmitter
output power of 200 watts. The power of each fixed or base station
transmitting in the 2110–2155 MHz band from any other location is limited to
a peak EIRP of 1640 watts and a peak transmitter output power of 100 watts.
A licensee operating a base or fixed station utilizing a power of more than
1640 watts EIRP must coordinate such operations in advance with all
Government and non-Government satellite entities in the 2025–2110 MHz band.
Operations above 1640 watts EIRP must also be coordinated in advance with
the following licensees within 120 kilometers (75 miles) of the base or
fixed station: all Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS) licensees
authorized under Part 21 in the 2155–2160 MHz band and all AWS licensees in
the 2110–2155 MHz band.
(2) Fixed, mobile, and portable (hand-held) stations operating in the
1710–1755 MHz band are limited to a peak EIRP of 1 watt. Fixed stations
operating in this band are limited to a maximum antenna height of 10 meters
above ground, and mobile and portable stations must employ a means for
limiting power to the minimum necessary for successful communications.
(e) The following power limits apply to the paired 1392–1395 MHz and
1432–1435 MHz bands as well as the unpaired 1390–1392 MHz band (1.4 GHz
band):
(1) Fixed stations transmitting in the 1390–1392 MHz and 1432–1435 MHz bands
are limited to 2000 watts EIRP peak power. Fixed stations transmitting in
the 1392–1395 MHz band are limited to 100 watts EIRP peak power.
(2) Mobile stations transmitting in the 1390–1392 MHz and 1432–1435 MHz
bands are limited to 4 watts EIRP peak power. Mobile stations transmitting
in the1392–1395 MHz band are limited to 1 watt EIRP peak power.
(f) The following power limits apply to the 1670–1675 MHz band:
(1) Fixed and base stations are limited to 2000 watts EIRP peak power.
(2) Mobile stations are limited to 4 watts EIRP peak power.
(g) [Reserved]
(h) The following power limits shall apply in the BRS and EBS:
(1) Main, booster and base stations.
(i) The maximum EIRP of a main, booster or base station shall not exceed 33
dBW + 10log(X/Y) dBW, where X is the actual channel width in MHz and Y is
either 6 MHz if prior to transition or the station is in the MBS following
transition or 5.5 MHz if the station is in the LBS and UBS following
transition, except as provided in paragraph (h)(1)(ii) of this section.
(ii) If a main or booster station sectorizes or otherwise uses one or more
transmitting antennas with a non-omnidirectional horizontal plane radiation
pattern, the maximum EIRP in dBW in a given direction shall be determined by
the following formula: EIRP = 33 dBW + 10 log(X/Y) dBW + 10
log(360/beamwidth) dBW, where X is the actual channel width in MHz, Y is
either (i) 6 MHz if prior to transition or the station is in the MBS
following transition or (ii) 5.5 MHz if the station is in the LBS and UBS
following transition, and beamwidth is the total horizontal plane beamwidth
of the individual transmitting antenna for the station or any sector
measured at the half-power points.
(2) Mobile and other user stations. Mobile stations are limited to 2.0 watts
EIRP. All user stations are limited to 2.0 watts transmitter output power.
(3) For television transmission, the peak power of the accompanying aural
signal must not exceed 10 percent of the peak visual power of the
transmitter. The Commission may order a reduction in aural signal power to
diminish the potential for harmful interference.
(4) For main, booster and response stations utilizing digital emissions with
non-uniform power spectral density (e.g. unfiltered QPSK), the power
measured within any 100 kHz resolution bandwidth within the 6 MHz channel
occupied by the non-uniform emission cannot exceed the power permitted
within any 100 kHz resolution bandwidth within the 6 MHz channel if it were
occupied by an emission with uniform power spectral density, i.e., if the
maximum permissible power of a station utilizing a perfectly uniform power
spectral density across a 6 MHz channel were 2000 watts EIRP, this would
result in a maximum permissible power flux density for the station of
2000/60 = 33.3 watts EIRP per 100 kHz bandwidth. If a non-uniform emission
were substituted at the station, station power would still be limited to a
maximum of 33.3 watts EIRP within any 100 kHz segment of the 6 MHz channel,
irrespective of the fact that this would result in a total 6 MHz channel
power of less than 2000 watts EIRP.
(i) Peak transmit power shall be measured over any interval of continuous
transmission using instrumentation calibrated in terms of rms-equivalent
voltage. The measurement results shall be properly adjusted for any
instrument limitations, such as detector response times, limited resolution
bandwidth capability when compared to the emission bandwidth, etc., so as to
obtain a true peak measurement for the emission in question over the full
bandwidth of the channel.
Table 1_Permissible Power and Antenna Heights for Base and Fixed
Stations in the 698-764 MHz and 777-792 MHz Bands
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Effective
radiated
Antenna height (AAT) in meters (feet) power
(ERP)
(watts)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Above 1372 (4500)............................................ 65
Above 1220 (4000) To 1372 (4500)............................. 70
Above 1067 (3500) To 1220 (4000)............................. 75
Above 915 (3000) To 1067 (4000).............................. 100
Above 763 (2500) To 915 (3000)............................... 140
Above 610 (2000) To 763 (2500)............................... 200
Above 458 (1500) To 610 (2000)............................... 350
Above 305 (1000) To 458 (1500)............................... 600
Up to 305 (1000)............................................. 1000
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[ 62 FR 16497 , Apr. 7, 1997, as amended at 65 FR 3147 , Jan. 20, 2000; 65 FR 17602 , Apr. 4, 2000; 65 FR 42882 , July 12, 2000; 65 FR 57267 , Sept. 21,
2000; 67 FR 5511 , Feb. 6, 2002; 67 FR 41855 , June 20, 2002; 69 FR 5715 , Feb.
6, 2004; 69 FR 72033 , Dec. 10, 2004; 69 FR 75172 , Dec. 15, 2004; 69 FR 77950 , Dec. 29, 2004; 70 FR 1190 , Jan. 6, 2005]
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