FCC 27.58 Revised as of October 1, 2005
Goto Year:2004 |
2006
Sec. 27.58 Interference to BRS/EBS receivers.
(a) WCS licensees shall bear full financial obligation to remedy
interference to BRS/EBS block downconverters if all of the following
conditions are met:
(1) The complaint is received by the WCS licensee prior to February 20,
2002;
(2) The BRS/EBS downconverter was installed prior to August 20, 1998;
(3) The WCS fixed or land station transmits at 50 or more watts peak EIRP;
(4) The BRS/EBS downconverter is located within a WCS transmitter's free
space power flux density contour of −34 dBW/m ^2 ; and
(5) The BRS/EBS customer or licensee has informed the WCS licensee of the
interference within one year from the initial operation of the WCS
transmitter or within one year from any subsequent power increases at the
WCS station.
(b) Resolution of the complaint shall be at no cost to the complainant.
(c) Two or more WCS licensees collocating their antennas on the same tower
shall assume shared responsibility for remedying interference complaints
within the area determined by paragraph (a)(4) of this section unless an
offending station can be readily determined and then that station shall
assume full financial responsibility.
(d) If the WCS licensee cannot otherwise eliminate interference caused to
BRS/EBS reception, then that licensee must cease operations from the
offending WCS facility.
(e) At least 30 days prior to commencing operations from any new WCS
transmission site or with increased power from any existing WCS transmission
site, a WCS licensee shall notify all BRS/EBS licensees in or through whose
licensed service areas they intend to operate of the technical parameters of
the WCS transmission facility. WCS and BRS/EBS licensees are expected to
coordinate voluntarily and in good faith to avoid interference problems and
to allow the greatest operational flexibility in each other's operations.
[ 62 FR 16498 , Apr. 7, 1997, as amended at 69 FR 72034 , Dec. 10, 2004]
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