The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology modified...
The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology modified a waiver previously granted to Curtiss-Wright Controls (CWCI) for its ground-penetrating 3d-Radar system. OET said the change “furthers the public interest without undermining the purpose of the” ultra-wideband rules (http://bit.ly/1bp1Q2f). “In this…
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Order, we are allowing 3d-Radar to operate with stepped frequency modulation in 10 megahertz and 20 megahertz steps in addition to the 2 megahertz steps already permitted by the Waiver Order,” OET said. “This action will permit CWCI to receive FCC equipment authorization under the modified conditions.” Fletcher Heald explained the change in a Monday blog post. “As it turned out, Curtiss-Wright wasn’t tickled pink with the waiver because, between the times the waiver was requested (in June, 2010) and the waiver was granted (in January, 2012), the company had modified the ... design some,” the post said (http://bit.ly/18pt3zU). “Curtiss-Wright had apparently not expected that, in acting on its waiver request, the Commission would focus so narrowly on the details as described in the request. Needless to say, the waiver as granted would not permit operation of the device as modified.”