§ 74.737   Antenna location.

   (a)  An applicant for a new low power TV, TV translator, or TV booster
   station or for a change in the facilities of an authorized station shall
   endeavor to select a site that 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, if any, that will be
   retransmitted.

   (b) 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 possibility of signal absorption by foliage.

   (c) A site within 8 kilometers of the area intended to be served is to be
   preferred if the conditions in paragraph (a) of this section can be met.

   (d) Consideration should be given to the accessibility of the site at all
   seasons  of  the  year  and  to the availability of facilities for the
   maintenance and operation of the transmitting equipment.

   (e) The transmitting antenna should be located as near as is practical to
   the  transmitter  to  avoid the use of long transmission lines and the
   associated power losses.

   (f) Consideration should be given to the existence of strong radio frequency
   fields from other transmitters at the site of the transmitting equipment and
   the  possibility that such fields may result in the retransmissions of
   signals originating on frequencies other than that of the primary station
   being rebroadcast.

   [ 47 FR 21500 , May 18, 1982, as amended at  52 FR 31404 , Aug. 20, 1987]

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