Document ID: FAA-2012-0685-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: RTCA Special Committee 226, Audio Systems and Equipment
Posted Date: 2012-06-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 121 (Friday, June 22, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 37733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15277]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Third Meeting: RTCA Special Committee 226, Audio Systems and 
Equipment

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), U.S. Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Meeting Notice of RTCA Special Committee 226, Audio Systems and 
Equipment.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of the 
third meeting of RTCA Special Committee 226, Audio Systems and 
Equipment.

DATES: The meeting will be held July 10-12, 2012, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at RTCA, Inc., 1150 18th Street 
NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street 
NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC, 20036, or by telephone at (202) 833-
9339, fax at (202) 833-9434, or Web site at http://www.rtca.org.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is 
hereby given for a meeting of Special Committee 226. The agenda will 
include the following:

July 10-12, 2012

     Welcome and Administrative Remarks.
     Introductions.
     Agenda Overview.
     Review previous action items.
     Assess work required and timelines for conclusion of 
committee work.
     Solicit proposals for further changes to DO-214.
     Continue discussion on the following:
     Risks of usage of adaptive technology during test.
     Discuss results of proposed committee letter(s) to invite 
additional. headsets, MIC's and CVR manufacturers.
     Addition of noise test requirement to the vibration test 
variable nature of Oxygen Mask.
     Microphone and Hand Microphone performance in the 
marketplace.
     Re-examine proposal to remove CVR Area Microphone 
requirements from standard in lieu of ED-112.
     FAA info letter addressing use of Active Noise Reduction 
(ANR) and Powered ANR headsets to discuss concern of EMI, EMC effects 
on power leads affecting communications.
     Sensitivity versus output power as they correlate with its 
specified ratings.
     Continue review of DO-214 and draft updates/changes.
     Review draft language for noise test requirement to 
combine with the vibration test.
     Other Business.
     Establish agenda for next meeting.
     Adjourn.
    Attendance is open to the interested public but limited to space 
availability. With the approval of the chairman, members of the public 
may present oral statements at the meeting. Persons wishing to present 
statements or obtain information should contact the person listed in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Members of the public may 
present a written statement to the committee at any time. Issued in 
Washington, DC, on June 15, 2012.

Kathy Hitt,
Program Analyst, Business Operations Branch, Federal Aviation 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-15277 Filed 6-21-12; 8:45 am]
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