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Description / Abstract:
This report sets forth Environmental Test Procedures applicable
to airborne radio equipment. The purpose of these tests is to
provide a laboratory means of determining the reliability of the
equipment by evaluating its perfor:aa.'1ce under conditions
repre3antat.i'T-3 of those which may be encountered in actual
aeronautical operations.
The formulation of these Test Procedures was undertaken by the
RTCA at the request of the Civil Aeronautics Administration for
application in connection with the approval of airborne radio
equipment. Civil Air Regulations. currently in effect as of the
date of this report require the installation of approved radio
equipment only in scheduled air carrier aircraft. However, in that
the objective of the Environmental Test Procedures is the
improvement of the reliability ty of airborne radio equipment under
actual service operating conditions, it is the recommendation of
RTCA that they be considered for application in all future
developments of such equipment.