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FCC 25.133
Revised as of October 1, 2014
Goto Year:2013 | 2015
  § 25.133   Period of construction; certification of commencement of
operation.

   (a)(1) Each initial license for an earth station governed by this part,
   except for blanket licenses, will specify as a condition therein the
   period in which construction of facilities must be completed and
   station operation commenced. Construction of the earth station must be
   completed and the station must be brought into operation within 12
   months from the date of the license grant except as may be determined
   by the Commission for any particular application.

   (2) Each initial blanket license for multiple earth stations at
   unspecified locations will specify as a condition therein the period in
   which station operation must be commenced. The networks in which the
   mobile earth stations will be operated must be brought into operation
   within 12 months from the date of the license grant except as may be
   determined by the Commission for any particular application.

   (b)(1) Each initial license for a transmitting earth station or
   modified license authorizing operation of an additional transmitting
   antenna, except for blanket licenses, will also specify as a condition
   therein that upon completion of construction, the licensee must file
   with the Commission a certification containing the following
   information:

   (i) The name of the licensee;

   (ii) File number of the application;

   (iii) Call sign of the antenna;

   (iv) Date of the license;

   (v) A certification that the facility as authorized has been completed
   and that each antenna has been tested and found to perform within 2 dB
   of the applicable pattern specified in § 25.209 or other authorized
   pattern;

   (vi) The date on which the earth station became operational; and

   (vii) A statement that the station will remain operational during the
   license period unless the license is submitted for cancellation.

   (2) For earth stations authorized under any blanket licensing provision
   in this chapter, a certification containing the information in
   paragraph (b)(1) of this section must be filed when the network is put
   into operation.

   (c) If the facility does not meet the technical parameters set forth in
   § 25.209, a request for a waiver must be submitted and approved by the
   Commission before operations may commence.

   (d) Each receiving earth station licensed or registered pursuant to
   § 25.131 must be constructed and placed into service within 6 months
   after coordination has been completed. Each licensee or registrant must
   file with the Commission a certification that the facility is completed
   and operating as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, with the
   exception of certification of antenna patterns.

   [ 56 FR 24016 , May 28, 1991, as amended at  58 FR 68059 , Dec. 23, 1993;
    59 FR 53327 , Oct. 21, 1994;  65 FR 59142 , Oct. 4, 2000;  70 FR 32254 ,
   June 2, 2005;  78 FR 8421 , Feb. 6, 2013;  79 FR 8318 , Feb. 12, 2014]

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Goto Year: 2013 | 2015
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