---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 74.463"
title: "47"
number: "74.463"
heading: "Modulation requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/74.463"
---

# §74.463. Modulation requirements.

- (a) Each new remote pickup broadcast station authorized to operate with a power output in excess of 3 watts shall be equipped with a device which will automatically prevent modulation in excess of the limits set forth in this subpart.
- (b) If amplitude modulation is employed, modulation shall not exceed 100 percent on negative peaks.
- (c) If frequency modulation is employed, emission shall conform to the requirements specified in [§ 74.462](/cfr/47/74.462.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[41 FR 29686, July 19, 1976, as amended at 47 FR 54448, Dec. 3, 1982]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 302a, 303, 307, 309, 310, 325, 336 and 554.

### Amendments

[41 FR 29686, July 19, 1976, as amended at 47 FR 54448, Dec. 3, 1982]