Sec.  27.1238   Eligible costs.

   (a) The costs listed in paragraphs (b) through (f) of this section are
   eligible costs.

   (b) Pre-transition costs:

   (1) Engineering/Consulting

   (i) Evaluation of equipment;

   (ii) RX site identification;

   (iii) EBS Programming plan covering the BTA;

   (iv) Market Analysis (MHz per POP Study);

   (v) RF study (interference analysis); and

   (vi) Transition Plan creation and support;

   (2) Project management (may be sourced external);

   (3) Filing fees;

   (4) Legal fees;

   (5) Site acquisition fees-contractor; and

   (6) Arbitrator fee;

   (c) Transmission facility—analog conversion costs:

   (1) Transmitter upgrading or retuning;

   (2) Combiner re-tuning or new;

   (3) Power divider/circulator adjacent channel combiner hardware;

   (4) STL/fiber relocation;

   (5) Miscellaneous material costs (including cabling and connectors);

   (6) Contract labor:

   (i) Tower;

   (ii) Building modifications;

   (iii) Electrical/HVAC; and

   (iv) Mechanical

   (7) Engineering:

   (i) Structural; and

   (ii) Pathway Interference Analysis.

   (8) Equipment disposal/shipping

   (9) Program Management (third party or internal costs to manage the BTA
   conversion); and

   (10) Travel and Per Diem Cost.

   (d) Transmission facility-digital conversion costs:

   (1) New transmitter or retuning;

   (2) Digital compression equipment-TX site (including encoders, controller,
   and software);

   (3) Combiners-new or retune;

   (4) Power divider/circulator adjacent channel combiner hardware;

   (5) Cabinets, cabling, feedline and connectors;

   (6) STL—fiber digital upgrade;

   (7) Installation cost due to adding additional broadcast antenna (4 or more
   digital channels required);

   (8) Contract labor:

   (i) Tower;

   (ii) Building modifications;

   (iii) Electrical/HVAC; and

   (iv) Mechanical.

   (9) Proof of performance testing (may be contracted);

   (10) Engineering:

   (i) Structural; and

   (ii) Path engineering analysis.

   (11) Equipment disposal/shipping;

   (12) Training;

   (13) Program management (third party or internal costs to manage BTA
   conversion);

   (14) Travel and per diem costs.

   (e) Qualified receive-sites only-modifications (analog and digital):

   (1) Digital set top boxes;

   (2) Downconverters (with filtering)/antennas (replacement downconverters);

   (3) Contract labor:

   (i) Antenna change/DC install (antenna change may be necessary); and

   (ii) Electrical; and mechanical

   (4) Project management (third party or internal costs to manage the BTA
   conversion);

   (5) Proof of performance testing (may be contracted);

   (6) Mini headend (cost effective distribution method):

   (i) Modulators, combiners;

   (ii) Equipment racks; and

   (iii) Amplifiers

   (7) Cable, connectors; and

   (8) Training.

   (f) Miscellaneous transition fees. (1) Filing fees;

   (2) Arbitrator fee; and

   (3) Legal fees.

   [ 71 FR 35193 , June 19, 2006]

   Effective Date Note:   At  71 FR 35193 , June 19, 2006,  Sec. 27.1238 was added.
   This section contains information collection and recordkeeping requirements
   and will not become effective until approval has been given by the Office of
   Management and Budget.