User's Manual

ITCR Wayside User’s Manual
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2.5 Equipment Modifications
Caution: Any changes or modifications to this equipment
not expressly approved by the party responsible for
compliance (in the respective country of use) could void
the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
3. Wayside Transmitter Operation
It is the responsibility of the licensee to operate this radio transmitter in compliance
with the terms of the license and FCC or Industry Canada service rules for 220-222
MHz, i.e., FCC Rules Part 90T and Industry Canada SRSP-512, or in the U.S. only,
operation on 217.6-218 and 219-220 MHz frequencies is subject to FCC Rules Part
80.
3.1 Wayside Channelization and Frequency Range
The Wayside radio can be configured to transmit on any one of 80 selectable 25-kHz
spaced channels ranging from 220.0125 to 221.9875 MHz inclusive. The spectrum
included corresponds to all 5 kHz wide FCC channels numbered from 1 at 220.0025
MHz to 400 at 221.9975 MHz. Each wayside transmission occupies five of the FCC-
defined 5 kHz channels. The lowest Wayside radio channel center frequency is in the
center of FCC channel 3 and the next is FCC channel 8, then 13, 18, etc., up to the
highest in the center of channel 398.
In the USA only, the radio can be licensed and configured to operate on 56
additional (Part 80) frequencies in the ranges 217.6125 to 217.9875 MHz and
219.0125 to 219.9875 MHz.
3.2 Wayside Channel Restrictions
Section 90.715 of the FCC Rules lists the authorized frequencies of the 400 total 5
kHz-wide channels. According to §90.733(d) these can be aggregated into larger
channel widths with the exception of FCC channels 161-170 and 181-185.