FCC Exempts 700 MHz Low-Power Vehicular Repeater Systems From Trunking Requirement
FCC commissioners voted to exempt 700 MHz low-power vehicular repeater systems from its trunking requirement. The FCC sought comment on making the change in September 2016 (see 1609260068). “Based on the record, we amend Section 90.537 of the rules to…
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exempt 700 MHz VRS systems from the trunking requirement,” said Monday's FCC order. “All commenters that addressed the trunking issue support exempting VRS systems from the trunking rule because doing so would provide public safety with needed flexibility to meet operational needs and because of the technical challenges associated with trunking VRS systems.” Commenters “acknowledge the spectrum efficiency benefits of trunking” but also say that under the VRS system it isn’t technically feasible, the agency said. It requires all 700 MHz narrowband mobile and portable public safety radios, “as supplied to the ultimate user, must be capable of operating on all of the narrowband nationwide interoperability channels without addition of hardware, firmware, or software, and must be interoperable across vendors and operate in conformance with P25 standards.”