§ 22.813   Technical channel pair assignment criteria.

   The rules in this section establish technical assignment criteria for the
   channel pairs listed in § 22.805. These criteria are intended to provide
   substantial service volumes over areas that have significant local and
   regional  general  aviation activity, while maintaining the continuous
   nationwide in-route coverage of the original geographical layout.

   (a) Distance separation for co-channel ground stations. The FCC may grant an
   application requesting assignment of a communication channel pair to a
   proposed ground transmitter only if the proposed antenna location is at
   least 800 kilometers (497 miles) from the antenna location of the nearest
   co-channel ground transmitter in the United States, its territories and
   possessions; and 1000 kilometers (621 miles) from the antenna location of
   the nearest co-channel ground transmitter in Canada.

   (b) Dispersion. The FCC may grant an application requesting assignment of a
   communication channel pair to a proposed ground transmitter only if there
   are no more than five different communication channel pairs already assigned
   to ground transmitters with antenna locations within a 320 kilometer (199
   mile) radius of the proposed antenna location.

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