---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 78.108"
title: "47"
number: "78.108"
heading: "Minimum path lengths for fixed links."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/78.108"
---

# §78.108. 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 7145, Mar. 9, 1987, as amended at 68 FR 12776, Mar. 17, 2003]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 152, 153, 154, 301, 303, 307, 308, 309.

### Source

Source: 37 FR 3292, Feb. 12, 1972, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[52 FR 7145, Mar. 9, 1987, as amended at 68 FR 12776, Mar. 17, 2003]