§ 76.614   Cable television system regular monitoring.

   Cable television operators transmitting carriers in the frequency bands
   108-137 and 225-400 MHz shall provide for a program of regular monitoring
   for signal leakage by substantially covering the plant every three months.
   The incorporation of this monitoring program into the daily activities of
   existing service personnel in the discharge of their normal duties will
   generally cover all portions of the system and will therefore meet this
   requirement.  Monitoring  equipment and procedures utilized by a cable
   operator shall be adequate to detect a leakage source which produces a field
   strength in these bands of 20 uV/m or greater at a distance of 3 meters.
   During  regular  monitoring, any leakage source which produces a field
   strength of 20 uV/m or greater at a distance of 3 meters in the aeronautical
   radio frequency bands shall be noted and such leakage sources shall be
   repaired within a reasonable period of time.

   Note 1 to § 76.614: Section 76.1706 contains signal leakage recordkeeping
   requirements applicable to cable operators.

   [ 65 FR 53616 , Sept. 5, 2000]

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