Public Safety Bureau Approves Channels for Use by 700 MHz Deployable Trunked Systems
The FCC Public Safety Bureau approved a set of six channels for use nationwide by 700 MHz deployable trunked systems. The channel set is the one earlier recommended by the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council and the National Regional Planning…
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Council, an order released Thursday said. A joint NPSTC/NRPC working group had selected the six channels, at the behest of the FCC, based on public safety and industry feedback (see 1502200031). The channels are 37-38, 61-62, 117-118, 141-142, 883-884 and 939-940. Regional planning councils “may now incorporate these channels into their plans for deployable trunked systems provided any region with a T-Band market must give priority to these channels, in that market, to any public safety T-band incumbent seeking to relocate from the T-band,” the bureau said. A trunked radio system is a computer-controlled two-way radio system that allows sharing of relatively few frequency channels among a large group of users.