§ 87.285   Scope of service.

   The frequencies indicated in § 87.287 of this chapter may be used to test
   aircraft data link systems on a secondary basis to other licensed stations.
   Equipment must be designed so that it will engage in data link exchange only
   with the aircraft whose identification has been programmed into the device,
   and must comply with the applicable specifications for VDL Mode 2 operation
   set  forth in the ICAO “Manual on VHF Digital Link (VDL) Mode 2” First
   Edition-2001, and RTCA DO-281A,” Minimum Operational Performance Standards
   for Aircraft VDL Mode 2 Physical, Link and Network Layer”, November 8, 2005.
   These documents are incorporated by reference in accordance with 5 U.S.C.
   552(a),  and 1 CFR part 51 and approved by the Director of the Federal
   Register. The RTCA document is available and may be obtained from RTCA,
   Inc., 1828 L Street NW., Suite 805, Washington, DC 20036 and by email to
   info@rtca.org or go to http://RTCA.org. The ICAO document is available and
   may  be obtained from the ICAO, Customer Services Unit, 999 University
   Street, Montréal, Quebec H3C 5H7, Canada, by email to icaohq@icao.int or go
   to:  http://www.ICAO.int.  You  may  inspect  a  copy  at  the Federal
   Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, or at
   the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on
   the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to:
   http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_loc
   ations.html.

   [ 78 FR 61207 , Oct. 3, 2013]

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