Wireless Bureau Seeks Comment on Waivers for High-Frequency Radio Buoys
The FCC Wireless Bureau sought comment on two requests for waivers of FCC rules to permit certification and use of high-frequency radio buoys. The buoys have a transmitter and are used to gather navigational or scientific data, mark the location…
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of equipment or for various other purposes, the bureau said Tuesday. Coastal Obs Tech Services sought a waiver on behalf of Datawell for the Waverider ocean buoy, the bureau said. The device relies on 29 MHz frequencies in the Part 90 Industrial/Business Pool, not normally allocated for such telemetry, it said. The second device is the Marine M2P radio buoy, used by high seas fishing operations “to facilitate safe and efficient gear recovery, and reduce navigational risk and ghost fishing,” the bureau said. It uses the 26 MHz band, otherwise set aside for ship-to-ship and ship-to-coast business and operational communications. The bureau said in a public notice it's seeking comment on both waiver requests. Comments are due Sept. 17, replies Oct. 2.