FCC 25.271 Revised as of October 1, 2007
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Sec. 25.271 Control of transmitting stations.
(a) The licensee of a facility licensed under this part is responsible for
the proper operation and maintenance of the station.
(b) The licensee of a transmitting earth station, other than an ESV,
licensed under this part shall ensure that a trained operator is present on
the earth station site, or at a designated remote control point for the
earth station, at all times that transmissions are being conducted. No
operator's license is required for a person to operate or perform
maintenance on facilities authorized under this part.
(c) Authority will be granted to operate a transmitting earth station, other
than an ESV, by remote control only on the conditions that:
(1) The parameters of the transmissions of the remote station monitored at
the control point, and the operational functions of the remote earth
stations that can be controlled by the operator at the control point, are
sufficient to insure that the operations of the remote station(s) are at
times in full compliance with the remote station authorization(s);
(2) The earth station facilities are protected by appropriate security
measures to prevent unauthorized entry or operations;
(3) Upon detection by the license, or upon notification from the Commission
of a deviation or upon notification by another licensee of harmful
interference, the operation of the remote station shall be immediately
suspended by the operator at the control point until the deviation or
interference is corrected, except that transmissions concerning the
immediate safety of life or property may be conducted for the duration of
the emergency; and
(4) The licensee shall have available at all times the technical personnel
necessary to perform expeditiously the technical servicing and maintenance
of the remote stations.
(5) International VSAT system operators are required to maintain a control
point within the United States, or to maintain a point of contact within the
United States available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with the ability to
shut off any earth station within the VSAT network immediately upon
notification of harmful interference.
(d) The licensee shall insure that the licensed facilities are properly
secured against unauthorized access or use whenever an operator is not
present at the transmitter.
(e) The licensee of an NGSO FSS system operating in the 10.7–14.5 GHz bands
shall maintain an electronic web site bulletin board to list the satellite
ephemeris data, for each satellite in the constellation, using the North
American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) two-line orbital element format.
The orbital elements shall be updated at least once every three days.
(f) Rules for control of transmitting ESVs are provided in Sec. Sec. 25.221 and
25.222.
[ 58 FR 13421 , Mar. 11, 1993, as amended at 66 FR 10631 , Feb. 16, 2001; 70 FR 4787 , Jan. 31, 2005; 70 FR 32257 , June 2, 2005]
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