47 CFR § 74.464 - Frequency tolerance.

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title: "47 CFR § 74.464 - Frequency tolerance."
title_number: 47
title_name: "Telecommunication"
section_number: "74.464"
section_name: "Frequency tolerance."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "BROADCAST RADIO SERVICES"
part_number: "74"
part_name: "EXPERIMENTAL RADIO, AUXILIARY, SPECIAL BROADCAST AND OTHER PROGRAM DISTRIBUTIONAL SERVICES"
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authority: "47 U.S.C. 154, 302a, 303, 307, 309, 310, 325, 336 and 554."
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# 74.464 Frequency tolerance.

For operations on frequencies above 25 MHz using authorized bandwidths up to 30 kHz, the licensee of a remote pickup broadcast station or system shall maintain the operating frequency of each station in compliance with the frequency tolerance requirements of § 90.213 of this chapter. For all other operations, the licensee of a remote pickup broadcast station or system shall maintain the operating frequency of each station in accordance with the following:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 25 to 30 MHz: |  |  |
| 3 W or less | .002 | .005 |
| Over 3 W | .002 | .002 |
| 30 to 300 MHz: |  |  |
| 3 W or less | .0005 | .005 |
| Over 3 W | .0005 | .0005 |
| 300 to 500 MHz, all powers | .00025 | .0005 |

(Secs. 4, 5, 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1068, 1082 (47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 303))

[41 FR 29686, July 19, 1976, as amended at 42 FR 2071, Jan. 10, 1977; 43 FR 38391, Aug. 28, 1978; 44 FR 65765, Nov. 15, 1979; 68 FR 12766, Mar. 17, 2003; 68 FR 25540, May 13, 2003]