---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 74.644"
title: "47"
number: "74.644"
heading: "Minimum path lengths for fixed links."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/74.644"
---

# §74.644. Minimum path lengths for fixed links.

- (a) The distance between end points of a fixed link must equal or exceed the value set forth in the table below or the EIRP must be reduced in accordance with the equation set forth below.
- (b) For paths shorter than those specified in the Table, the EIRP shall not exceed the value derived from the following equation.
- (c) Upon an appropriate technical showing, applicants and licensees unable to meet the minimum path length requirement may be granted an exception to these requirements.

## Notes

### Amendments

[52 FR 7143, Mar. 9, 1987, as amended at 68 FR 12771, Mar. 17, 2003]

### Authority

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

### Amendments

[52 FR 7143, Mar. 9, 1987, as amended at 68 FR 12771, Mar. 17, 2003]