Goto Section: 90.461 | 90.465 | Table of Contents
FCC 90.463
Revised as of October 1, 2011
Goto Year:2010 |
2012
§ 90.463 Transmitter control points.
(a) A control operator is required to be stationed at the operating
position of a transmitter control point. A control operator is any
person designated by the licensee to exercise supervision and control
over the operation and use of the licensee's facilities. The control
operator may be the licensee; or an employee of the licensee; or the
agent of the licensee, appointed by the licensee to act as the control
operator; or a third-party contractor, engaged by the licensee to serve
as the control operator: Provided, however, In no case, through
appointment or designation of any person to serve as control operator,
may the licensee delegate any of the duties and responsibilities the
licensee may have in his capacity as licensee.
(b) Each station or licensed system of communication shall normally
have a control point, or control points, at which the control operator
or operators are stationed and at or from which the licensee may
exercise supervision and control over the authorized facilities, as
required by the provisions of § 90.461. Provided, however, Control
point requirements may vary from one system to another, depending upon
the nature of the radio operation; the way and by whom the facilities
are employed; and other factors, as set out in other rule sections
under this subpart.
(c) A transmitter control point may be located at a fixed position in a
system of communication at or from which the control operator exercises
supervision and control over the operation and use of the licensed
facilities. Each fixed transmitter control point shall have equipment
and facilities to permit the control operator:
(1) To determine when the transmitter or transmitters controlled are
either radiating "RF" energy, or when the transmitter circuits have
been placed in a condition to produce such radiation. This may be
accomplished either through the use of a carrier operated device which
provides a visual indication when the transmitter(s) are radiating or a
pilot lamp or meter which provides a visual indication when the
transmitter circuits have been placed in a condition to produce
radiation. Further, where a local transmitter is used to activate a
remote transmitter or transmitters in the licensee's system of
communication, a single pilot lamp or meter may be employed to indicate
the activation of both the local and the remote transmitter(s).
(2) To turn the carrier of the transmitter on and off at will, or to
close the system down completely, when circumstances warrant such
action.
(d) The licensee's transmitting facilities may be operated from
dispatch points, the fixed control point shall have equipment to permit
the control operator to either disconnect the dispatch point circuits
from the transmitter(s) or to render the transmitter(s) inoperative
from any dispatch point being supervised.
(e) Where the system is interconnected with public communication
facilities, as provided at § § 90.477 through 90.483, and where those
rules so require, the fixed control point shall be equipped to permit
the control operator:
(1) To monitor co-channel facilities of other licensees sharing an
assigned channel or channels with the licensee in the licensee's area
of operation; and,
(2) To terminate any transmission(s) or communication(s) between points
in the public communications system and the private communications
system.
(f) In urban areas, the location of fixed transmitter control points
will be specified, "same as transmitter," unless the control point is
at a street address which is different from that of the transmitter(s)
controlled. In rural areas, the location of fixed control points will
be specified, "same as transmitter," unless the control point is more
than 152.5 m (500 ft) from the transmitter(s) controlled. In the latter
case, the approximate location of the control point will be specified
in distance and direction from the transmitter(s) controlled in terms
of distance and geographical quadrant, respectively. It would be
assumed that the location of a fixed control point is the same as the
location of the transmitter(s) controlled, unless the applicant
includes a request for a different location described in appropriate
terms as indicated herein.
(g) [Reserved]
(h) Mobile transmitters shall be assumed to be under the immediate
control of the mobile operator; provided, however, overall supervision
and control of the operation and use of a communication system may be
the responsibility of a fixed control point operator. In general,
mobile transmitters shall be equipped to permit the operator to
determine when they are radiating "RF" energy or when the transmitter
circuits have been placed in a condition to produce such radiation.
This may be accomplished either through the use of a carrier operated
device or of a pilot lamp or meter which will provide a visual
indication when the transmitter is radiating or has been placed in a
condition to produce radiation provided, however, that hand-carried or
pack-carried transmitters and transmitters installed on motorcycles
need not be so equipped.
[ 43 FR 54791 , Nov. 22, 1978; 44 FR 32220 , June 5, 1979; 44 FR 34134 ,
June 14, 1979, as amended at 44 FR 67125 , Nov. 23, 1979; 48 FR 29517 ,
June 27, 1983; 54 FR 39740 , Sept. 28, 1989; 58 FR 44960 , Aug. 25, 1993]
Goto Section: 90.461 | 90.465
Goto Year: 2010 |
2012
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