FS-2700-10 Technical Data Sheet for Communications Uses

USDA Forest Service

FS-2700-10 (XX/202X)
OMB No. 0596-0082
INSTRUCTIONS: Applicant completes system items 1 to 16, and submit this form,
license(s), along with an application to place communication equipment on National Forest
System land. This form is authorized by Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976,
P. L. 94-579 to evaluate the requested use and no authorization may be issued unless this
form is completed.

USDA Forest Service
Technical Data
Sheet
(Ref. FSM 2700)

1. Applicants's Name:
Street Address:
City State & Zip Ccde:
Telephone Number:

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2. Location Applied For:
Site Name:

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Forest:

District:

a. License number and call sign
b. Date license issued
c. FCC/NTIA eligibility

(mm/dd/yyyy)

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d. Class of service (FCC/NTIA symbol)

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3. Technical Data:

e. Type of emission (FCC/NTIA symbol)
f. Transmit output power (watts)

g. Transmit output (Effective Radiated Power)
h. CTCSS control tone (Hz)

i. Receive frequency crystal
j. Receiver IF frequency 1
frequency 2

k. Receive frequency

l. Transmit frequency crystal
Multi 1

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Multi 2
Multi 3
Multi 4

Output

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4. Control Method:
Wireline
Repeater

Radio Link
Microwave

Local
Other

5. Control Frequency
6. Antenna Type:
Omnidirectional

Directional

Height to top of antenna from ground level
Beam path with

deg.;

Azimuth

Name of place beam goes to:

Polarization
ft.;
deg.;

Gain

Dish Diameter
Tilt

Beam path length

ft.

+/- deg.;
ft.

7. Tower Type: Pole – Guyed

Self-Supporting

Height

ft.

Metal – Guyed

Self-Supporting

Height

ft.

8. Ground elevation above sea level at the base of the tower
Longitude

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9. Tower: Latitude:

10. Chief Engineer or Service company:

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Street Address:
City

ft.

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Zip Code

Emergency Number (

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Phone Number (

State

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11. Will station have commercial power?

Yes

No

12. Will station have standby power plant?

Yes

No

13. Will station have commercial telephone?

Yes

No

Area code and Phone number (

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14. Attached (check appropriate block(s)) :
Current FCC License/NTIA Radio Frequency Authorization
FCC License Application
FCC Construction Permit with Land Owner (FS) sign-off

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15. Additional Information:

NOTICE: Title 18, U.S.C. Section 1001, makes it a crime for any person to knowingly and willfully make any false,
fictitious, or fraudulent statements or representations to matters under the jurisdiction of the United States Government.
Title:____________________

16. Applicant's Signature:

Date:__________

(m/dd/yyyy)

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT

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According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, a Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, an
information collection request unless it displays a valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The valid OMB control number for this
information collection request is 0596-0082. Response to this information collection request is required to obtain or retain benefits, specifically, a special
use authorization. The authority for this information collection request is Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, P. L. 94-579. The time
required to complete this information collection request is estimated to average .25 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions,
searching existing data sources, collecting and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the information collection request. Send
comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this information collection request, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to
Forest Service Information Collections Officer, SM.FS.InfoCollect@usda.gov, with OMB control number 0596-0082 in the subject line.
PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3), this Privacy Act statement serves to inform you of the following concerning the collection of the information on this form.
Purpose: The Privacy Act of 1974 requires that the Director of Recreation, Heritage, and Volunteer Resources staff and the Director of Lands, Minerals,
and Geology Management staff provide the following statements to individuals from whom they request information.
Authority: Collection of this information solicited on this form is authorized by Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, P. L. 94-579.
Routine Uses: The information collected will be used by Forest Service officials to ensure that your use of National Forest System lands is administered
in accordance with applicable statutes, regulations, and directives. The information collected from you is retained in the Special Uses Data System
(SUDS) and is retrieved by the Forest Service create reports for the Agency’s Special Uses Program, generate bills for collection of land use fees for your
authorization, monitor compliance with your special use authorization, and other matters pertaining to administration of your special use authorization.
SUDS is a component of the Forest Service’s Natural Resources Manager database (NRM). A complete list of the routine uses of NRM can be found in
the system of records notice associated with this form, FS-24.
Disclosure: The submission of this information is required to obtain or retain benefits, specifically, a special use authorization.
NONDISCRIMINATION STATEMENT

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program.intake@usda.gov.

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