RSS-131 — Zone Enhancers for the Land Mobile Service

Issue 2, July 2003

Spectrum Management and Telecommunications Policy
Radio Standards Specification

This document sets out standards for zone enhancers (i.e. booster amplifiers) and band translators (i.e. a zone enhancer with a frequency band change) for the land mobile service, excluding those for the broadcasting service.

Preface

This second issue of RSS-131 replaces Revision 2 of Issue 1 of RSS-131. This new version will be in force as of the publication date of Gazette Notice SMSE-006-03, in the Canada Gazette, Part I. Upon publication, the public has 90 days to make comments. These comments will be taken into account in the preparation of the next version of the document.

Changes:

Issue 2 of RSS-131 contains the following main changes: 

1. Technical requirements for Single Channel Enhancer has been added (Sections 2, 4.3.2, 4.4.2 and 6.3.2).
2. A general, non-substantive reformat of the document was done.
3. Some sections have been renumbered or deleted as consequential changes to the reformatting of the document.

Issued under the authority of the Minister of Industry

R.W. McCaughern Director General Spectrum Engineering

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Table of Contents

1. Scope
2. General Information
   • 2.1 Inquiries Concerning This Standard
   • 2.2 Inquiries Concerning Equipment Certification
   • 2.3 Inquiries Concerning Licensing
   • 2.4 Related Documents
   • 2.5 Availability of Documents
   • 2.6 Licensing Requirements
3. Certification Requirements
   • 3.1 Application for Certification
   • 3.2 Test Report
4. Measurement Methods
   • 4.1 General
   • 4.2 Passband Gain and Bandwidth
   • 4.3 Mean Output Power
     • 4.3.1 Multi-channel Enhancer
     • 4.3.2 Single Channel Enhancer
   • 4.4 Spurious Emission
     • 4.4.1 Multi-channel Enhancer
     • 4.4.2 Single Channel Enhancer
   • 4.5 Frequency Stability of Band Translators
5. General Standard Specifications
   • 5.1 Quality Control
   • 5.2 Equipment Labels
   • 5.3 User Manual
   • 5.4 External Controls
   • 5.5 Exposure of Humans to RF fields
6. Equipment Standard Specifications
   • 6.1 Amplifier Gain and Bandwidth.
   • 6.2 Output Power
   • 6.3 Non-Linearity
     • 6.3.1 Multi-channel Enhancer
     • 6.3.2 Single Channel Enhancer
   • 6.4 Spurious Emissions
   • 6.5 Frequency Stability of Band Translators

RSS-131 - Zone Enhancers for the Land Mobile Service (PDF, 50 KB, 12 pages)