FCC 15.204 Revised as of October 1, 2007
Goto Year:2006 |
2008
Sec. 15.204 External radio frequency power amplifiers and antenna modifications.
(a) Except as otherwise described in paragraphs (b) and (d) of this section,
no person shall use, manufacture, sell or lease, offer for sale or lease
(including advertising for sale or lease), or import, ship, or distribute
for the purpose of selling or leasing, any external radio frequency power
amplifier or amplifier kit intended for use with a part 15 intentional
radiator.
(b) A transmission system consisting of an intentional radiator, an external
radio frequency power amplifier, and an antenna, may be authorized, marketed
and used under this part. Except as described otherwise in this section,
when a transmission system is authorized as a system, it must always be
marketed as a complete system and must always be used in the configuration
in which it was authorized.
(c) An intentional radiator may be operated only with the antenna with which
it is authorized. If an antenna is marketed with the intentional radiator,
it shall be of a type which is authorized with the intentional radiator. An
intentional radiator may be authorized with multiple antenna types.
(1) The antenna type, as used in this paragraph, refers to antennas that
have similar in-band and out-of-band radiation patterns.
(2) Compliance testing shall be performed using the highest gain antenna for
each type of antenna to be certified with the intentional radiator. During
this testing, the intentional radiator shall be operated at its maximum
available output power level.
(3) Manufacturers shall supply a list of acceptable antenna types with the
application for equipment authorization of the intentional radiator.
(4) Any antenna that is of the same type and of equal or less directional
gain as an antenna that is authorized with the intentional radiator may be
marketed with, and used with, that intentional radiator. No retesting of
this system configuration is required. The marketing or use of a system
configuration that employs an antenna of a different type, or that operates
at a higher gain, than the antenna authorized with the intentional radiator
is not permitted unless the procedures specified in Sec. 2.1043 of this chapter
are followed.
(d) Except as described in this paragraph, an external radio frequency power
amplifier or amplifier kit shall be marketed only with the system
configuration with which it was approved and not as a separate product.
(1) An external radio frequency power amplifier may be marketed for
individual sale provided it is intended for use in conjunction with a
transmitter that operates in the 902–928 MHz, 2400–2483.5 MHz, and 5725–5850
MHz bands pursuant to Sec. 15.247 of this part or a transmitter that operates in
the 5.725–5.825 GHz band pursuant to Sec. 15.407 of this part. The amplifier
must be of a design such that it can only be connected as part of a system
in which it has been previously authorized. (The use of a non-standard
connector or a form of electronic system identification is acceptable.) The
output power of such an amplifier must not exceed the maximum permitted
output power of its associated transmitter.
(2) The outside packaging and user manual for external radio frequency power
amplifiers sold in accordance with paragraph (d)(1) of this section must
include notification that the amplifier can be used only in a system which
it has obtained authorization. Such a notice must identify the authorized
system by FCC Identifier.
[ 69 FR 54034 , Sept. 7, 2004]
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