(a) The carrier frequency of each transmitter authorized in these services must be maintained within the following percentage of the reference frequency except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section or in the applicable subpart of this part (unless otherwise specified in the instrument of station authorization the reference frequency will be deemed to be the assigned frequency): ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Frequency
Frequency (MHz) tolerance
(percent)------------------------------------------------------------------------928 to 929 \5\............................................ 0.0005932 to 932.5.............................................. 0.00015932.5 to 935.............................................. 0.00025941 to 941.5.............................................. 0.00015941.5 to 944.............................................. 0.00025952 to 960 \5\............................................ 0.00051,850 to 1,990............................................ 0.0022,110 to 2,200............................................ 0.0012,450 to 2,500 \1\........................................ 0.0013,700 to 4,200 \1\........................................ 0.0055,925 to 6,875 \1\........................................ 0.0056,875 to 7,125 \1\........................................ 0.00510,550 to 11,700 \1 2\.................................... 0.00511,700 to 12,200 \1\...................................... 0.00512,200 to 13,250 \4\...................................... 0.00514,200 to 14,400.......................................... 0.0317,700 to 18,820 \3\...................................... 0.00318,820 to 18,920 \3\...................................... 0.001928 to 929 \5\............................................ 0.000518,920 to 19,700 \3\...................................... 0.00319,700 to 27,500 \4 7\.................................... 0.00127,500 to 28,350.......................................... 0.00129,100 to 29,250.......................................... 0.00131,000 to 31,300 \6\...................................... 0.00131,300 to 40,000 \4\...................................... 0.0371,000 to 76,000 \8\......................................81,000 to 86,000 \8\......................................92,000 to 95,000 \8\......................................------------------------------------------------------------------------* * * * *\1\Applicable only to common carrier LTTS stations. Tolerance for 2450-
2500 MHz is 0.005%. Beginning Aug. 9, 1975, this tolerance will govern
the marketing of LTTS equipment and the issuance of all such
authorizations for new radio equipment. Until that date new equipment
may be authorized with a frequency tolerance of .03% in the frequency
range 2,200 to 10,500 MHz and .05% in the range 10,500 MHz to 12,200
MHz, and equipment so authorized may continue to be used for its life
provided that it does not cause interference to the operation of any
other licensee. Beginning March 1, 2005, new LTTS operators will not
be licensed and existing LTTS licensees will not be renewed in the
11.7-12.2 GHz band.\2\ See subpart G of this part for the stability requirements for
transmitters used in the Digital Electronic Message Service.\3\ Existing type accepted equipment with a frequency tolerance of 0.03% may be marketed until December 1, 1988.
Equipment installed and operated prior to December 1, 1988 may
continue to operate after that date with a minimum frequency tolerance
of 0.03%. However, the replacement of equipment
requires that the current tolerance be met.\4\ Applicable to private operational fixed point-to-point microwave and
stations providing MVDDS.\5\ For private operational fixed point-to-point microwave systems, with
a channel greater than or equal to 50 KHz bandwidth, 0.0005%; for multiple address master stations, regardless of
bandwidth, 0.00015%; for multiple address remote
stations with 12.5 KHz bandwidths, 0.00015%; for
multiple address remote stations with channels greater than 12.5 KHz
bandwidth, 0.0005%.\6\ For stations authorized prior to March 11, 1997, transmitter
tolerance shall not exceed 0.03%.\7\ The frequency tolerance for stations authorized on or before April
1, 2005 is 0.03%. Existing licensees and pending applicants on that
date may continue to operate after that date with a frequency
tolerance of 0.03%, provided that it does not cause harmful
interference to the operation of any other licensee. For analog
systems, if the channel bandwidth is greater than 30 MHz up to 50 MHz,
the frequency tolerance standard will be 0.03%; if the channel
bandwidth is 30 MHz or less, then the frequency tolerance standard
will be 0.003%. This analog standard is conditional provided that
harmful interference is not caused to digital stations operating
within the 0.001% tolerance standards. If harmful interference is
caused to stations operating with the more stringent standard, the
onus shall be on the operators with the less stringent parameters to
develop an engineering solution to the problem. For exceptions, see
Sec. 101.147 and Sec. 101.507.\8\ Equipment authorized to be operated in the 71,000-76,000 MHz, 81,000-
86,000 MHz, 92,000-94,000 MHz and 94,100-95,000 MHz bands is exempt
from the frequency tolerance requirement noted in the table of
paragraph (a) of this section.
(b) Heterodyne microwave radio systems may be authorized at a somewhat less restrictive frequency tolerance (up to .01 percent) to compensate for frequency shift caused by numerous repeaters between base band signal insertion. Where such relaxation is sought, applicant must provide all calculations and indicate the desired tolerance over each path. In such instances the radio transmitters and receivers used must individually be capable of complying with the tolerance specified in paragraph (a) of this section. Heterodyne operation is restricted to channel bandwidth of 10 MHz or greater.
(c) As an additional requirement in any band where the Commission makes assignments according to a specified channel plan, provisions must be made to prevent the emission included within the occupied bandwidth from radiating outside the assigned channel at a level greater than that specified in Sec. 101.111. [61 FR 26677, May 28, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 23167, Apr. 29, 1997; 63 FR 6105, Feb. 6, 1998; 63 FR 9448, Feb. 25, 1998; 63 FR 14039, Mar. 24, 1998; 63 FR 36611, July 7, 1998; 66 FR 35110, July 3, 2001; 67 FR 43038, June 26, 2002; 68 FR 4956, Jan. 31, 2003; 69 FR 3266, Jan. 23, 2004; 69 FR 16832, Mar. 31, 2004; 70 FR 4787, Jan. 31, 2005; 76 FR 59572, Sept. 27, 2011]