Goto Section: 74.1202 | 74.1204 | Table of Contents
FCC 74.1203
Revised as of October 1, 2010
Goto Year:2009 |
2011
§ 74.1203 Interference.
(a) An authorized FM translator or booster station will not be
permitted to continue to operate if it causes any actual interference
to:
(1) The transmission of any authorized broadcast station; or
(2) The reception of the input signal of any TV translator, TV booster,
FM translator or FM booster station; or
(3) The direct reception by the public of the off-the-air signals of
any authorized broadcast station including TV Channel 6 stations, Class
D (secondary) noncommercial educational FM stations, and previously
authorized and operating FM translators and FM booster stations.
Interference will be considered to occur whenever reception of a
regularly used signal is impaired by the signals radiated by the FM
translator or booster station, regardless of the quality of such
reception, the strength of the signal so used, or the channel on which
the protected signal is transmitted.
(b) If interference cannot be properly eliminated by the application of
suitable techniques, operation of the offending FM translator or
booster station shall be suspended and shall not be resumed until the
interference has been eliminated. Short test transmissions may be made
during the period of suspended operation to check the efficacy of
remedial measures. If a complainant refuses to permit the FM translator
or booster licensee to apply remedial techniques which demonstrably
will eliminate the interference without impairment to the original
reception, the licensee of the FM translator or booster station is
absolved of further responsibility for that complaint.
(c) An FM booster station will be exempted from the provisions of
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section to the extent that it may cause
limited interference to its primary station's signal, provided it does
not disrupt the existing service of its primary station or cause such
interference within the boundaries of the principal community of its
primary station.
(d) A fill-in FM translator operating on the first, second or third
adjacent channel to its primary station's channel will be exempt from
the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section to the extent
that it may cause limited interference to its primary station's signal,
provided it does not disrupt the existing service of its primary
station or cause such interference within the boundaries of the
principal community of its primary station.
(e) It shall be the responsibility of the licensee of an FM translator
or FM booster station to correct any condition of interference which
results from the radiation of radio frequency energy by its equipment
on any frequency outside the assigned channel. Upon notice by the
Commission to the station licensee that such interference is being
caused, the operation of the FM translator or FM booster station shall
be suspended within three minutes and shall not be resumed until the
interference has been eliminated or it can be demonstrated that the
interference is not due to spurious emissions by the FM translator or
FM booster station; provided, however, that short test transmissions
may be made during the period of suspended operation to check the
efficacy of remedial measures.
[ 55 FR 50693 , Dec. 10, 1990, as amended at 60 FR 55484 , Nov. 1, 1995]
Goto Section: 74.1202 | 74.1204
Goto Year: 2009 |
2011
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