Installation requirements.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 14

(a) The facility must be installed according to accepted good engineering practices, applicable electric and safety codes, and Federal Communications Commission requirements. (b) The facility must have a reliable source of suitable primary power, either from a power distribution system or locally generated, with a supplemental standby system, if needed. (c) Dual transmitting equipment with automatic changeover is preferred and may be required to support certain IFR procedures. (d) There must be a means for determining from the ground, the performance of the equipment, initially and periodically. (e) A facility intended for use as an instrument approach aid for an airport must have or be supplemented by the following ground air or landline communications services: (1) At facilities outside of and not immediately adjacent to controlled airspace, there must be ground-air communications from the airport served by the facility. Separate communications channels are acceptable. (2) At facilities within or immediately adjacent to controlled airspace, there must be the ground-air communications required by paragraph (e)(1)

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 14:§ 171.159