47 CFR 78.104
§ 78.104 Authorized bandwidth and emission designator.
United States · 47 CFR — Telecommunication · Status: effective
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- 47 CFR 78.104, § 78.104 Authorized bandwidth and emission designator, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/237301
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(a) The authorized bandwidth permitted to be used by a CARS station and specified in the station license shall be the occupied or necessary bandwidth, whichever is greater, except when otherwise authorized by the Commission in accordance with paragraph (b) of this section.
(b) As an exception to the provision of paragraph (a) of this section, the Commission may approve requests to base the authorized bandwidth for the station on the lesser of the occupied or necessary bandwidth where a persuasive showing is made that:
(1) The frequency stability of the transmitting equipment to be used will permit compliance with § 78.103(b)(1) and, additionally, will permit 99 percent of the total radiated power to be kept within the frequency limits of the assigned channel.
(c) The emission designator shall be specified in terms of the necessary bandwidth. (See § 2.201(a) of this chapter.)
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.