Goto Section: 74.403 | 74.432 | Table of Contents
FCC 74.431
Revised as of October 1, 2011
Goto Year:2010 |
2012
§ 74.431 Special rules applicable to remote pickup stations.
(a) Remote pickup mobile stations may be used for the transmission of
material from the scene of events which occur outside the studio back
to studio or production center. The transmitted material shall be
intended for the licensee's own use and may be made available for use
by any other broadcast station or cable system.
(b) Remote pickup mobile or base stations may be used for
communications related to production and technical support of the
remote program. This includes cues, orders, dispatch instructions,
frequency coordination, establishing microwave links, and operational
communications. Operational communications are alerting tones and
special signals of short duration used for telemetry or control.
(c) Remote pickup mobile or base stations may communicate with any
other station licensed under this subpart.
(d) Remote pickup mobile stations may be operated as a vehicular
repeater to relay program material and communications between stations
licensed under this subpart. Precautions shall be taken to avoid
interference to other stations and the vehicular repeater shall only be
activated by hand-carried or pack-carried units.
(e) The output of hand-carried or pack-carried transmitter units used
with a vehicular repeater is limited to 2.5 watts. The output of a
vehicular repeater transmitter used as a talkback unit on an additional
frequency is limited to 2.5 watts.
(f) Remote pickup base and mobile stations in Alaska, Guam, Hawaii,
Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands may be used for any purpose related
to the programming or technical operation of a broadcasting station,
except for transmission intended for direct reception by the general
public.
(g) [Reserved]
(h) In the event that normal aural studio to transmitter circuits are
damaged, stations licensed under Subpart D may be used to provide
temporary circuits for a period not exceeding 30 days without further
authority from the Commission necessary to continue broadcasting.
(i) Remote pickup mobile or base stations may be used for activities
associated with the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and similar emergency
survival communications systems. Drills and test are also permitted on
these stations, but the priority requirements of § 74.403(b) must be
observed in such cases.
[ 51 FR 4602 , Feb. 6, 1986, as amended at 68 FR 12764 , Mar. 17, 2003]
Goto Section: 74.403 | 74.432
Goto Year: 2010 |
2012
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