[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 4, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24704-24705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10122]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


TSO-C163, VDL Mode 3 Communications Equipment Operating Within 
the Frequency Range 117.975 to 137.000 Megahertz (MHz)

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Availability of TSO-C163.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the Technical 
Standard Order (TSO) for VDL Mode 3 Communications Equipment Operating 
within the Frequency Range 117.975 to 137.000 MHz. The VDL Mode 3 TSO 
recognizes the RTCA document No. (RTCA/DO)-271B, Minimum Operational 
Performance Standards (MOPS) for Aircraft VDL Mode 3 Transceiver 
Operating in the Frequency Range 117.975-137.000 MHz, as the minimum 
performance standards (MPS) for VDL Mode 3 equipment.

DATES: The effective date for TSO-C163 is April 29, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Gregory E. Frye, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Aircraft Engineering Division, Aircraft Certification 
Service, AIR-130, 470 L'Enfant Plaza, Suite 4107, SW., Washington, DC 
20024; Telephone: (202) 385-4649, FAX: (202) 385-4651; E-mail address: 
[email protected].

How To Obtain Copies

    You may get a copy of TSO-C163 from the Internet at (http://av-info.faa.gov/tso/Tsocur/Current.htm). See section entitled for further 
information contact for the complete address if requesting a copy by 
mail. You may inspect the RTCA document at: Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA), Aircraft Certification Service, Aircraft 
Engineering Division, Room 815, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20591, weekdays except Federal holidays, between 8:30

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a.m. and 4:30 p.m. However, RTCA documents are copyrighted and may not 
be reproduced without the written consent of RTCA, Inc. You may 
purchase copies of Document No. RTCA/DO-271B from: RTCA Inc., 1828 L 
Street, NW., Suite 807, Washington, DC 20036 (Web site: http://www.rtca.org.)

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2004.
Susan J. M. Cabler,
Assistant Manager, Aircraft Engineering Division, Aircraft 
Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 04-10122 Filed 5-3-04; 8:45 am]
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