§ 87.285 - Scope of service.

§ 87.285 Scope of service.

(a) Frequencies. The frequencies indicated in § 87.287

of this chapter

may be used to test aircraft data link systems on a secondary basis to other licensed stations. Equipment must be designed so that it will engage in data link exchange only with the aircraft whose identification has been programmed into the device, and must comply with the applicable specifications for VDL Mode 2 operation set forth in the ICAO “Manual on VHF Digital Link (VDL) Mode 2”

First Edition-2001,

and RTCA DO–281A

,” Minimum Operational Performance Standards for Aircraft VDL Mode 2 Physical, Link and Network Layer”, November 8, 2005. These documents are incorporated by reference in accordance with

.

(b) Incorporation by reference. The material listed in this paragraph (b) is incorporated by reference into this section with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register under 5 U.S.C. 552(a)

,

and 1 CFR part 51

and approved by the Director of the Federal Register. The RTCA document is available and may be obtained from RTCA, Inc., 1828 L Street NW., Suite 805, Washington, DC 20036 and by email to [e-mail] or go to http://RTCA.org. The ICAO document is available and may be obtained from the

. This incorporation by reference (IBR) material is available for inspection at the FCC and at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Contact the FCC through the Federal Communications Commission's Reference Information Center, phone: [phone]. For information on the availability of this material at NARA, visit www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html or email [e-mail]. The material may be obtained from the following sources in this paragraph (b):

(1) ICAO, Customer Services Unit, 999 University Street, Montréal, Quebec H3C 5H7, Canada

, by

; email

to

: [e-mail]

or go to: http://

; website: www.ICAO.int.

You may inspect a copy at the Federal Communications Commission's Reference Information Center, located at the address of the FCC's main office indicated in 47 CFR 0.401(a), or at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202–741–6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html. [78 FR 61207, Oct. 3, 2013, as amended at 85 FR 64410, Oct. 13, 2020

(i) ICAO “Manual on VHF Digital Link (VDL) Mode 2” First Edition-2001.

(ii) [Reserved]

(2) Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA), Inc., 1150 18th Street NW, Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036; phone: [phone]; email: [e-mail]; website: www.rtca.org.

(i) RTCA DO–281A, “Minimum Operational Performance Standards for Aircraft VDL Mode 2 Physical, Link and Network Layer”, November 8, 2005.

(ii) [Reserved]

[88 FR 21449, Apr. 10, 2023]