FCC 24.232 Revised as of October 1, 2006
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Sec. 24.232 Power and antenna height limits.
(a) Base stations are limited to 1640 watts peak equivalent isotropically
radiated power (EIRP) with an antenna height up to 300 meters HAAT, except
as described in paragraph (b) below. See Sec. 24.53 for HAAT calculation method.
Base station antenna heights may exceed 300 meters with a corresponding
reduction in power; see Table 1 of this section. The service area boundary
limit and microwave protection criteria specified in Sec. Sec. 24.236 and 24.237
apply.
Table 1_Reduced Power for Base Station Antenna Heights Over 300 Meters
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum
HAAT in meters EIRP watts
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[le] 300................................................... 1640
[le] 500................................................... 1070
[le] 1000.................................................. 490
[le] 1500.................................................. 270
[le] 2000.................................................. 160
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(b) Base stations that are located in counties with population densities of
100 persons or fewer per square mile, based upon the most recently available
population statistics from the Bureau of the Census, are limited to 3280
watts peak equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) with an antenna
height up to 300 meters HAAT; See Sec. 24.53 for HAAT calculation method. Base
station antenna heights may exceed 300 meters with a corresponding reduction
in power; see Table 2 of this section. The service area boundary limit and
microwave protection criteria specified in Sec. Sec. 24.236 and 24.237 apply.
Operation under this paragraph must be coordinated in advance with all PCS
licensees within 120 kilometers (75 miles) of the base station and is
limited to base stations located more than 120 kilometers (75 miles) from
the Canadian border and more than 75 kilometers (45 miles) from the Mexican
border.
Table 2_Reduced Power for Base Station Antenna Heights Over 300 Meters
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum
HAAT in meters EIRP watts
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[le] 300................................................... 3280
[le] 500................................................... 2140
[le] 1000.................................................. 980
[le] 1500.................................................. 540
[le] 2000.................................................. 320
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(c) Mobile/portable stations are limited to 2 watts EIRP peak power and the
equipment must employ means to limit the power to the minimum necessary for
successful communications.
(d) Peak transmit power must be measured over any interval of continuous
transmission using instrumentation calibrated in terms of an rms-equivalent
voltage. The measurement results shall be properly adjusted for any
instrument limitations, such as detector response times, limited resolution
bandwidth capability when compared to the emission bandwidth, sensitivity,
etc., so as to obtain a true peak measurement for the emission in question
over the full bandwidth of the channel.
[ 70 FR 61059 , Oct. 20, 2005]
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