---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 2.801"
title: "47"
number: "2.801"
heading: "Radiofrequency device defined."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/2.801"
---

# §2.801. Radiofrequency device defined.


As used in this part, a radiofrequency device is any device which in its operation is capable of emitting radiofrequency energy by radiation, conduction, or other means. Radiofrequency devices include, but are not limited to:

- (a) **The various types of radio communication transmitting devices described throughout this chapter.**
- (b) **The incidental, unintentional and intentional radiators defined in part 15 of this chapter.**
- (c) **The industrial, scientific, and medical equipment described in part 18 of this chapter.**
- (d) Any part or component thereof which in use emits radiofrequency energy by radiation, conduction, or other means.

## Notes

### Amendments

[35 FR 7898, May 22, 1970, as amended at 54 FR 17711, Apr. 25, 1989]

### Source

Source: 35 FR 7898, May 22, 1970, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 302a, 303, and 336, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 28 FR 12465, Nov. 22, 1963, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[35 FR 7898, May 22, 1970, as amended at 54 FR 17711, Apr. 25, 1989]