Sec. 2.983  Application for type acceptance.

    An application for type acceptance shall be filed on FCC Form 731 by 
the party whose name will be placed on the equipment and shall include 
the following information either in answer to the questions on the form 
or as attachments thereto.
    (a) Name of applicant indicating whether the applicant is the 
manufacturer of the equipment, a vendor other than the manufacturer 
(include the name of manufacturer), a licensee or a prospective 
licensee.
    (b) Identification of equipment for which type acceptance is sought.
    (c) Information whether quantity (more than one) production is 
planned.
    (d) Technical description of the equipment sufficiently complete to 
develop all the factors concerning compliance with the technical 
standards of the applicable rule part(s). The description shall include 
the following items:
    (1) Type or types of emission.
    (2) Frequency range.
    (3) Range of operating power values or specific operating power 
levels, and description of any means provided for variation of operating 
power.
    (4) Maximum power rating as defined in the applicable part(s) of the 
rules.
    (5) The dc voltages applied to and dc currents into the several 
elements of the final radio frequency amplifying device for normal 
operation over the power range.
    (6) Function of each electron tube or semiconductor or other active 
circuit device.
    (7) Complete circuit diagrams.
    (8) Instruction book(s). If the instruction book is not available 
when the application is filed, a set of draft instructions should be 
provided and the complete instruction book should be submitted as soon 
as available. The Commission may specify a date when the complete 
instruction book should be submitted to conform this requirement with 
the regulations of the service under which type acceptance is requested.
    (9) Tune-up procedure over the power range, or at specific operating 
power levels.
    (10) A description of all circuitry and devices provided for 
determining and stabilizing frequency.
    (11) A description of any circuits or devices employed for 
suppression of spurious radiation, for limiting modulation, and for 
limiting power.
    (12) For equipment employing digital modulation techniques, a 
detailed description of the modulation system to be used, including the 
response characteristics (frequency, phase and amplitude) of any filters 
provided, and a description of the modulating wavetrain, shall be 
submitted for the maximum rated conditions under which the equipment 
will be operated.
    (e) The data required by Secs. 2.985 through 2.997, inclusive, 
measured in accordance with the procedures set out in Sec. 2.999.
    (f) A photograph or drawing of the equipment identification plate or 
label showing the information to be placed thereon.
    (g) Photographs (8' x 10') of the equipment of sufficient clarity to 
reveal equipment construction and layout, including meters, if any, and 
labels for controls and meters and sufficient views of the internal 
construction to define component placement and chassis assembly. Insofar 
as these requirements are met by photographs or drawings contained in 
instruction manuals supplied with the type acceptance request, 
additional photographs are necessary only to complete the required 
showing.
    (h) [Reserved]
    (i) The application for type acceptance of an external radio 
frequency power amplifier under part 97 of this chapter need not be 
accompanied by the data required by paragraph (e) of this section. In 
lieu thereof, measurements shall be submitted to show compliance with 
the technical specifications in subpart D of part 97 of this chapter and 
such information as required by Sec. 2.1005 of this part.
    (j) An application for type acceptance of an AM broadcast 
stereophonic exciter-generator intended for interfacing with existing 
type-accepted or notified transmitters must include measurements made on 
a complete stereophonic transmitter. The instruction book required under 
paragraph (d)(8) of

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this section must include complete specifications and circuit 
requirements for interconnecting with existing transmitters. The 
instruction book must also provide a full description of the equipment 
and measurement procedures to monitor modulation and to verify that the 
combination of stereo exciter-generator and transmitter meet the 
emission limitations of Sec. 73.44.

(Secs. 4, 303, 307, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1082, 1083; 47 U.S.C. 
154, 303, )
[39 307 FR 5919 , Feb. 15, 1974, as amended at  39 FR 27802 , Aug. 1, 1974;  39 FR 35664 , Oct. 3, 1974;  40 FR 34117 , Aug. 14, 1975;  41 FR 19948 , May 14, 
1976;  43 FR 12687 , Mar. 27, 1978;  52 FR 15725 , Apr. 30, 1987;  62 FR 10473 , Mar. 7, 1997]