The present document applies to Terrestrial Flight Telecommunication System (TFTS) radio equipment.
This radio equipment is capable of operating in all or any part of the frequency bands given in table 1.
Table 1: Terrestrial Flight transmission service frequency bands
Direction of transmission TFTS frequency bands
The present document is intended to cover the provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC (R&TTE Directive) [1] article 3.2
which states that "¿.radio equipment shall be so constructed that it effectively uses the spectrum allocated to
terrestrial/space radio communications and orbital resources so as to avoid harmful interference".
The present document is intended to cover both the AS (Aircraft Station) and the GS (Ground Station). As far as the AS
is concerned, the present document is derived from TBR 23 [4].
In addition to the present document, other ENs that specify technical requirements in respect of essential reauirements
under other parts of article 3 of the R&TTE Directive [1] may apply to equipment within the scope of the present
document.
NOTE: A list of such ENs is included on the web site http://www.newapproach.org.