47 CFR 87.135
§ 87.135 Bandwidth of emission.
United States · 47 CFR — Telecommunication · Status: effective
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- 47 CFR 87.135, § 87.135 Bandwidth of emission, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/237755
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(a) Occupied bandwidth is the width of a frequency band such that, below the lower and above the upper frequency limits, the mean powers emitted are each equal to 0.5 percent of the total mean power of a given emission.
(b) The authorized bandwidth is the maximum occupied bandwidth authorized to be used by a station.
(c) The necessary bandwidth for a given class of emission is the width of the frequency band which is just sufficient to ensure the transmission of information at the rate and with the quality required under specified conditions.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.