Philadelphia petitioned the FCC to waive its 800 MHz radio narrowbanding...
Philadelphia petitioned the FCC to waive its 800 MHz radio narrowbanding deadline for 18 months, in a filing posted to docket 99-87 Monday. The city can’t easily meet the Jan. 1 deadline due to delays and complexities involved with rebanding,…
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said the request seeking expedited action on a waiver. There’s “both skyscraper canyons of Center City and the rolling hills of the more suburban residential areas,” which create radio frequency problems, the petition said (http://xrl.us/bnq8if). Philadelphia assured the FCC it has the “necessary funding to relocate 150-4 70 MHz systems to the 800 MHz Trunked System or to bring those lower frequency systems into narrowband compliance.” The city requests a new narrowbanding deadline of July 1, 2014.