The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology issued an order...
The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology issued an order and notice of proposed rulemaking on the allocation of radio spectrum. It adopted the order last Thursday and released it Monday (http://xrl.us/bn2ow7). The changes implement decisions made at the 2007…
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World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva, the order said. The FCC will “make certain updates to our rules” in the spectrum falling between 108 MHz and 20.2 GHz as well as correcting typographical errors, it said. Changes include allocating the 1900-2000 kHz band to amateur radio operators on a “nearly exclusive basis,” modifying the quiet zone rules for radiolocation systems and allocating some parts of spectrum for aeronautical mobile route service, satellite and fixed and land mobile service. It’s seeking comment on two issues -- whether it should “allocate the 135.7-137.8 kHz band to the amateur radio service on a secondary basis, subject to the protection of power line carrier operations,” and whether it should “remove a lightly-used primary non-Federal AMT allocation in the 2345-2360 MHz band and an unused primary radionavigation service allocation from the 24.75-25.05 GHz band.” The comment deadline is 60 days after publication in the Federal Register and the reply deadline is 90 days after, the order said.