§ 74.1237   Antenna location.

   (a) An applicant for a new station to be authorized under this subpart or
   for a change in the facilities of such a station shall endeavor to select a
   site which will provide a line-of-sight transmission path to the entire area
   intended to be served and at which there is available a suitable signal from
   the primary station. The transmitting antenna should be placed above growing
   vegetation and trees lying in the direction of the area intended to be
   served, to minimize the possiblity of signal absorption by foliage.

   (b)  Consideration should be given to accessibility of the site at all
   seasons  of  the  year  and  to the availability of facilities for the
   maintenance and operation of the FM translator.

   (c) Consideration should be given to the existence of strong radiofrequency
   fields from other transmitters at the translator site and the possibility
   that such fields may result in the retransmission of signals originating on
   frequencies other than that of the primary station.

   (d) The transmitting antenna of an FM booster station shall be located
   within  the protected contour of its primary station, subject to Note,
   § 74.1231 (h). The transmitting antenna of a commonly owned commercial FM
   translator station shall be located within the protected contour of its
   commercial primary FM station.

   (e) Where an FM translator or booster licensee or permittee proposes to
   mount its antenna on or near an AM tower, as defined in § 1.30002, the FM
   translator or booster licensee or permittee must comply with § 1.30003 or
   § 1.30002.

   [ 35 FR 15388 , Oct. 2, 1970, as amended at  55 FR 50698 , Dec. 10, 1990;  58 FR 42026 , Aug. 6, 1993;  62 FR 51063 , Sept. 30, 1997;  78 FR 66298 , Nov. 5, 2013]

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