---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 1204.2"
title: "16"
number: "1204.2"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/1204.2"
---

# §1204.2. Definitions.


In addition to the definitions given in section 3 of the Consumer Product Safety Act ([15 U.S.C. 2052](/usc/15/2052.md)), the following definitions apply for the purposes of this standard.

- (a) Antenna system means a device for radiating and/or receiving radio waves. Where they are present, the antenna system includes active elements, ground plane elements, matching networks, element-connecting hardware, mounting hardware, feed cable, and other functional or non-functional elements.
- (b) Antenna-mast system means the completed assembly of the antenna system and the mast.
- (c) Base station means a transmitter and/or receiver in a fixed location.
- (d) Citizens Band (CB) means the frequency band allocated for citizen's band radio service.
- (e) Current means the total rate at which electrical charge is transported through the antenna-mast system in response to the applied test voltage, including both capacitive and resistive components.
- (f) Electrical breakdown means a failure of the insulating material used with the antenna, such that in the Antenna-Mast System Test of [§ 1204.4(e)](/cfr/16/1204.4.md?p=e) of this subpart, the current flowing through the antenna-mast system is sufficient to actuate the automatic internal cut-off of the high voltage source or exceeds the current that can be measured by the current monitoring device.
- (g) Feed cable means the electrical cable that connects the antenna system to the transmitter and/or receiver.
- (h) Field joint means any joint between antenna system sections or parts, or between the antenna system and the mast, that is not assembled by the antenna manufacturer.
- (i) **Insulating material and insulation—** mean a material that has a very small electric conductivity.
- (j) Omnidirectional antenna means an antenna system designed or intended primarily to exhibit approximately equal signal transmission or reception capabilities in all horizontal directions simultaneously.
- (k) Protection zone means that portion of an antenna system which can contact the test rod during the Insulating Material Effectiveness Test or can contact the power line during the Antenna-Mast System Test. This zone consists of those elements of the antenna system extending from the uppermost tip of an upright antenna downward to a point that is 12.0 inches (30.5 cm) above the top of the mast when the antenna system is mounted according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- (l) Voltage, phase to ground, means that voltage which exists between a single phase of a three phase power system and ground.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 14, 16, 19, 25, Pub. L. 92-573, 86 Stat. 1207, 1208, 1211-17, 1220, as amended Pub. L. 95-319, sec. 1, 92 Stat. 386, Pub. L. 94-284, 90 Stat. 503; 15 U.S.C. 2051, 2052, 2054, 2056, 2058, 2063, 2065, 2068, 2074.

### Source

Source: 47 FR 36201, Aug. 19, 1982, unless otherwise noted.