Goto Section: 73.686 | 73.688 | Table of Contents
FCC 73.687
Revised as of October 1, 2010
Goto Year:2009 |
2011
§ 73.687 Transmission system requirements.
(a) Visual transmitter. (1) The field strength or voltage of the lower
sideband, as radiated or dissipated and measured as described in
paragraph (a)(2) of this section, shall not be greater than -20 dB for
a modulating frequency of 1.25 MHz or greater and in addition, for
color, shall not be greater than -42 dB for a modulating frequency of
3.579545 MHz (the color subcarrier frequency). For both monochrome and
color, the field strength or voltage of the upper sideband as radiated
or dissipated and measured as described in paragraph (a)(2) of this
section shall not be greater than -20 dB for a modulating frequency of
4.75 MHz or greater. For stations operating on Channels 15-69 and
employing a transmitter delivering maximum peak visual power output of
1 kW or less, the field strength or voltage of the upper and lower
sidebands, as radiated or dissipated and measured as described in
paragraph (a)(2) of this section, shall depart from the visual
amplitude characteristic (Figure 5a of § 73.699) by no more than the
following amounts:
-2 dB at 0.5 MHz below visual carrier frequency;
-2 dB at 0.5 MHz above visual carrier frequency;
-2 dB at 1.25 MHz above visual carrier frequency;
-3 dB at 2.0 MHz above visual carrier frequency;
-6 dB at 3.0 MHz above visual carrier frequency;
-12 dB at 3.5 MHz above visual carrier frequency;
-8 dB at 3.58 MHz above visual carrier frequency (for color
transmission only).
The field strength or voltage of the upper and lower sidebands, as
radiated or dissipated and measured as described in paragraph (a)(2) of
this section, shall not exceed a level of -20 dB for a modulating
frequency of 4.75 MHz or greater. If interference to the reception of
other stations is caused by out-of-channel lower sideband emission, the
technical requirements applicable to stations operating on Channels
2-13 shall be met.
(2) The attenuation characteristics of a visual transmitter shall be
measured by application of a modulating signal to the transmitter input
terminals in place of the normal composite television video signal. The
signal applied shall be a composite signal composed of a synchronizing
signal to establish peak output voltage plus a variable frequency sine
wave voltage occupying the interval between synchronizing pulses. (The
"synchronizing signal" referred to in this section means either a
standard synchronizing wave form or any pulse that will properly set
the peak.) The axis of the sine wave in the composite signal observed
in the output monitor shall be maintained at an amplitude 0.5 of the
voltage at synchronizing peaks. The amplitude of the sine wave input
shall be held at a constant value. This constant value should be such
that at no modulating frequency does the maximum excursion of the sine
wave, observed in the composite output signal monitor, exceed the value
0.75 of peak output voltage. The amplitude of the 200 kHz sideband
shall be measured and designated zero dB as a basis for comparison. The
modulation signal frequency shall then be varied over the desired range
and the field strength or signal voltage of the corresponding sidebands
measured. As an alternate method of measuring, in those cases in which
the automatic d-c insertion can be replaced by manual control, the
above characteristic may be taken by the use of a video sweep generator
and without the use of pedestal synchronizing pulses. The d-c level
shall be set for midcharacteristic operation.
(3) A sine wave, introduced at those terminals of the transmitter which
are normally fed the composite color picture signal, shall produce a
radiated signal having an envelope delay, relative to the average
envelope delay between 0.05 and 0.20 MHz, of zero microseconds up to a
frequency of 3.0 MHz; and then linearly decreasing to 4.18 MHz so as to
be equal to -0.17 usecs at 3.58 MHz. The tolerance on the envelope
delay shall be +-0.05 usecs at 3.58 MHz. The tolerance shall increase
linearly to +-0.1 usec down to 2.1 MHz, and remain at +-0.1 usec down
to 0.2 MHz. (Tolerances for the interval of 0.0 to 0.2 MHz are not
specified at the present time.) The tolerance shall also increase
linearly to +-0.1 usec at 4.18 MHz.
(4) The radio frequency signal, as radiated, shall have an envelope as
would be produced by a modulating signal in conformity with § 73.682
and Figure 6 or 7 of § 73.699, as modified by vestigial sideband
operation specified in Figure 5 of § 73.699. For stations operating on
Channels 15-69 the radio frequency signal as radiated, shall have an
envelope as would be produced by a modulating signal in conformity with
§ 73.682 and Figure 6 or 7 of § 73.699.
(5) The time interval between the leading edges of successive
horizontal pulses shall vary less than one half of one percent of the
average interval. However, for color transmissions, § 73.682(a) (5) and
(6) shall be controlling.
(6) The rate of change of the frequency of recurrence of the leading
edges of the horizontal synchronizing signals shall be not greater than
0.15 percent per second, the frequency to be determined by an averaging
process carried out over a period of not less than 20, nor more than
100 lines, such lines not to include any portion of the blanking
interval. However, for color transmissions, § 73.682(a) (5) and (6)
shall be controlling.
(b) Aural transmitter. (1) Pre-emphasis shall be employed as closely as
practicable in accordance with the impedance-frequency characteristic
of a series inductance-resistance network having a time constant of 75
microseconds. (See upper curve of Figure 12 § 73.699.)
(2) If a limiting or compression amplifier is employed, precaution
should be maintained in its connection in the circuit due to the use of
pre-emphasis in the transmitting system.
(3) Aural modulation levels are specified in § 73.1570.
(c) Requirements applicable to both visual and aural transmitters. (1)
Automatic means shall be provided in the visual transmitter to maintain
the carrier frequency within +-1 kHz of the authorized frequency;
automatic means shall be provided in the aural transmitter to maintain
the carrier frequency 4.5 MHz above the actual visual carrier frequency
within +-1 kHz.
(2) The transmitters shall be equipped with suitable indicating
instruments for the determination of operating power and with other
instruments necessary for proper adjustment, operation, and maintenance
of the equipment.
(3) Adequate provision shall be made for varying the output power of
the transmitters to compensate for excessive variations in line voltage
or for other factors affecting the output power.
(4) Adequate provisions shall be provided in all component parts to
avoid overheating at the rated maximum output powers.
(d) The construction, installation, and operation of broadcast
equipment is expected to conform with all applicable local, state, and
federally imposed safety regulations and standards, enforcement of
which is the responsibility of the issuing regulatory agency.
(e) Operation. (1) Spurious emissions, including radio frequency
harmonics, shall be maintained at as low a level as the state of the
art permits. As measured at the output terminals of the transmitter
(including harmonic filters, if required) all emissions removed in
frequency in excess of 3 MHz above or below the respective channel edge
shall be attenuated no less than 60 dB. below the visual transmitted
power. (The 60 dB. value for television transmitters specified in this
rule should be considered as a temporary requirement which may be
increased at a later date, especially when more higher-powered
equipment is utilized. Stations should, therefore, give consideration
to the installation of equipment with greater attenuation than 60 dB.)
In the event of interference caused to any service greater attenuation
will be required.
(2) If a limiting or compression amplifier is used in conjunction with
the aural transmitter, due operating precautions should be maintained
because of pre-emphasis in the transmitting system.
(3) TV broadcast stations operating on Channel 14 and Channel 69 must
take special precautions to avoid interference to adjacent spectrum
land mobile radio service facilities. Where a TV station is authorized
and operating prior to the authorization and operation of the land
mobile facility, a Channel 14 station must attenuate its emissions
within the frequency range 467 to 470 MHz and a Channel 69 station must
attentuate its emissions within the frequency range 806 to 809 MHz if
necessary to permit reasonable use of the adjacent frequencies by land
mobile licensees.
(4) The requirements listed below apply to permittees authorized to
construct a new station on TV Channel 14 or TV Channel 69, and to
licensees authorized to change the channel of an existing station to
Channel 14 or to Channel 69, to increase effective radiated power (ERP)
(including any change in directional antenna characteristics that
results in an increase in ERP in any direction), or to change the
transmitting location of an existing station.
(i) For the purposes of this paragraph, a protected land mobile
facility is a receiver that is intended to receive transmissions from
licensed land mobile stations within the frequency band below 470 MHz
(as relates to Channel 14) or above 806 MHz (as relates to Channel 69),
and is associated with one or more land mobile stations for which a
license has been issued by the Commission, or a proper application has
been received by the Commission prior to the date of the filing of the
TV construction permit application. However, a land mobile facility
will not be protected if it is proposed in an application that is
denied or dismissed and that action is no longer subject to Commission
review. Further, if the land mobile station is not operating when the
TV facility commences operation and it does not commence operation
within the time permitted by its authorization in accordance with part
90 of this chapter, it will not be protected.
(ii) A TV permittee must take steps before construction to identify
potential interference to normal land mobile operation that could be
caused by TV emissions outside the authorized channel, land mobile
receiver desensitization or intermodulation. It must install filters
and take other precautions as necessary, and submit evidence that no
interference is being caused before it will be permitted to transmit
programming on the new facilities pursuant to the provisions of
§ 73.1615 or § 73.1620 of this part. A TV permittee must reduce its
emissions within the land mobile channel of a protected land mobile
facility that is receiving interference caused by the TV emission
producing a vertically polarized signal and a field strength in excess
of 17 dBu at the land mobile receiver site on the land mobile
frequency. The TV emission should be measured with equipment set to a
30 kHz measurement bandwidth including the entire applicable land
mobile channel. A TV permittee must correct a desensitization problem
if its occurrence can be directly linked to the start of the TV
operation and the land mobile station is using facilities with typical
desensitization rejection characteristics. A TV permittee must identify
the source of an intermodulation product that is generated when the TV
operation commences. If the intermodulation source is under its
control, the TV permittee must correct the problem. If the
intermodulation source is beyond the TV permittee's control, it must
cooperate in the resolution of the problem and should provide whatever
technical assistance it can.
(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C.
154, 155, 303))
[ 28 FR 13660 , Dec. 14, 1963]
Editorial Note: ForFederal Registercitations affecting § 73.687, see
the List of CFR Sections Affected which appears in the Finding Aids
section of the printed volume and on GPO Access.
Goto Section: 73.686 | 73.688
Goto Year: 2009 |
2011
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