Users of 800 MHz Band Seek Changes to FCC-Proposed Rules
The Enterprise Wireless Alliance and others concerned about the 800 MHz band sought changes to the draft order on public land mobile radio use of the band, set for a vote at Tuesday’s FCC commissioners' meeting (see 1810020050). EWA, APCO,…
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Forest Industries Telecommunications and the Utilities Technology's letter was posted Friday in docket 16-261. They asked the FCC to change course and agree to the Land Mobile Communications Council recommendation the agency use F(50,50) curves “to assess both coverage and interference contours for 800 MHz interstitial channel assignments.” They asked the FCC to remove a contour matrix, developed by the LMCC in 2015, from the rules and place it in an appendix. If the matrix becomes part of the rules, it would have to be modified later through an additional rulemaking, they said. “The matrix is already more than three years old and does not reflect any equipment updates in the interim. It may be outdated even before adoption, an analysis that will require discussion with the vendors whose equipment operates on this spectrum.”