16 CFR § 1204.2 - Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t16/s1204.2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "16 CFR § 1204.2 - Definitions."
title_number: 16
title_name: "Commercial Practices"
section_number: "1204.2"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ACT REGULATIONS"
part_number: "1204"
part_name: "SAFETY STANDARD FOR OMNIDIRECTIONAL CITIZENS BAND BASE STATION ANTENNAS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 14, 16, 19, 25, Pub. L. 92-573, 86 Stat. 1207, 1208, 1211-17, 1220, as amended Pub. L. 95-319, sec. 1, 92 Stat. 386, Pub. L. 94-284, 90 Stat. 503; 15 U.S.C. 2051, 2052, 2054, 2056, 2058, 2063, 2065, 2068, 2074."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 36201, Aug. 19, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1204"
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# 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 § 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.