The FCC Public Safety Bureau granted Nextel Communications’ August petition...
The FCC Public Safety Bureau granted Nextel Communications’ August petition for a temporary waiver of commission rules for radio operations in Genesee County, N.Y. Nextel had asked the FCC to allow the county “to operate its mobile and portable radios…
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using 5 kilohertz frequency deviation in the NPSPAC [National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee] segment of the 800 MHz band.” That’s rather than “remaining on its original channels and reducing the frequency deviation of its base station and mobile and portable radios from 5 kilohertz to 4 kilohertz ... to comply with the emission mask specified in Section 90.210 of the Commission’s rules,” said the order (http://xrl.us/bnqb3q). “We find that Genesee has encountered unusual and, in our experience, unique factual circumstances with its FRED [Four-level Recovery for Extended Distance] system,” the bureau said. “Therefore, we find that requiring Genesee to comply with the NPSPAC emission mask for its mobile and portable radios would be contrary to the public’s interest in timely completion of 800 MHz rebanding. The requested waiver, by comparison, will provide Genesee with comparable facilities at minimum necessary cost.” The waiver will expire once Genesee decommissions its FRED encryption system, the bureau said.