[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1204.2]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1204_SAFETY STANDARD FOR OMNIDIRECTIONAL CITIZENS BAND BASE 
STATION ANTENNAS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart A_The Standard
 
Sec.  1204.2  Definitions.

    In addition to the definitions given in section 3 of the Consumer 
Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052), the following definitions apply for 
the purposes of this standard.
    (a) Antenna system means a device for radiating and/or receiving 
radio waves. Where they are present, the antenna system includes active 
elements, ground plane elements, matching networks, element-connecting 
hardware, mounting hardware, feed cable, and other functional or non-
functional elements.
    (b) Antenna-mast system means the completed assembly of the antenna 
system and the mast.
    (c) Base station means a transmitter and/or receiver in a fixed 
location.
    (d) Citizens Band (CB) means the frequency band allocated for 
citizen's band radio service.
    (e) Current means the total rate at which electrical charge is 
transported through the antenna-mast system in response to the applied 
test voltage, including both capacitive and resistive components.
    (f) Electrical breakdown means a failure of the insulating material 
used with the antenna, such that in the Antenna-Mast System Test of 
Sec.  1204.4(e) of this subpart, the current flowing through the 
antenna-mast system is sufficient to actuate the automatic internal cut-
off of the high voltage source or exceeds the current that can be 
measured by the current monitoring device.
    (g) Feed cable means the electrical cable that connects the antenna 
system to the transmitter and/or receiver.
    (h) Field joint means any joint between antenna system sections or 
parts, or between the antenna system and the mast, that is not assembled 
by the antenna manufacturer.
    (i) Insulating material and insulation mean a material that has a 
very small electric conductivity.
    (j) Omnidirectional antenna means an antenna system designed or 
intended primarily to exhibit approximately equal signal transmission or 
reception capabilities in all horizontal directions simultaneously.
    (k) Protection zone means that portion of an antenna system which 
can contact the test rod during the Insulating Material Effectiveness 
Test or can contact the power line during the Antenna-Mast System Test. 
This zone consists of those elements of the antenna system extending 
from the uppermost tip of an upright antenna downward to a point that is 
12.0 inches (30.5 cm) above the top of the mast when the antenna system 
is mounted according to the manufacturer's instructions.
    (l) Voltage, phase to ground, means that voltage which exists 
between a single phase of a three phase power system and ground.

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