[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR74.32]

[Page 439-440]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
                    CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
                         COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 74_EXPERIMENTAL RADIO, AUXILIARY, SPECIAL BROADCAST AND OTHER 
PROGRAM DISTRIBUTIONAL SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart_General; Rules Applicable to All Services in Part 74
 
Sec. 74.32  Operation in the 17.8-19.7 GHz band.

    (a) To minimize or avoid harmful interference to Government 
Satellite Earth Stations located in the Denver, Colorado and Washington, 
DC areas, any application for a new station license to operate in the 
17.8-19.7 GHz band, or for modification of an existing station license 
in this band which would change the frequency, power, emission, 
modulation, polarization, antenna height or directivity, or location of 
such a station, must be coordinated with the Federal Government by the 
Commission before an authorization will be issued, if the station or 
proposed station is located in whole or in part within any of the areas 
defined by the following rectangles or circles:

                             Denver, CO Area

Rectangle 1:
    41[deg]30[min]00[sec] N. Lat. on the north
    103[deg]10[min]00[sec] W. Long. on the east
    38[deg]30[min]00[sec] N. Lat. on the south
    106[deg]30[min]00[sec] W. Long. on the west
Rectangle 2:
    38[deg]30[min]00[sec] N. Lat. on the north
    105[deg]00[min]00[min] W. Long. on the east
    37[deg]30[min]00[sec] N. Lat. on the south
    105[deg]50[min]00[sec] W. Long. on the west
Rectangle 3:
    40[deg]08[min]00[sec] N. Lat. on the north
    107[deg]00[min]00[sec] W. Long. on the east
    39[deg]56[min]00[sec] N. Lat. on the south
    107[deg]15[min]00[sec] W. Long. on the west

                           Washington, DC Area

Rectangle

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    38[deg]40[min]00[sec] N. Lat. on the north
    78[deg]50[min]00[sec] W. Long. on the east
    38[deg]10[min]00[sec] N. Lat. on the south
    79[deg]20[min]00[sec] W. Long. on the west

    or
    (b) Within a radius of 178 km of 38[deg]48[min]00[sec] N. Lat./
76[deg]52[min]00[sec] W. Long.
    (c) In addition, no application seeking authority to operate in the 
17.8-19.7 GHz band will be accepted for filing if the proposed station 
is located within 20 km of the following coordinates:

Denver, CO area: 39[deg]43[min]00[sec] N. Lat./104[deg]46[min]00[sec] W. 
Long.
Washington, DC area: 38[deg]48[min]00[sec] N. Lat. / 
76[deg]52[min]00[sec] W. Long.

    Note to Sec. 74.32: The coordinates cited in this section are 
specified in terms of the ``North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83)'' with 
an accuracy of 30 meters with respect to the 
``National Spacial Reference System''.

[62 FR 55537, Oct. 27, 1997]