FCC Seeks Comment on Waiver for Personal Locator Beacon Device
The FCC Wireless Bureau sought comment due Sept. 6, replies Sept. 13, on Jotron's request for a waiver to permit the authorization and use of a personal locator beacon not in compliance with FCC rules. Jotron said the device is…
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in compliance with a recently published Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services standard for PLBs, the bureau said. Jotron claims the Tron SA 20 “complies with this new standard but does not comply with the PLB standard currently incorporated by reference in part 95 because the latter makes no provision for Return Link Service functionality,” the bureau said in a posting Wednesday in docket 23-292. The device operates at 406.0-406.1 MHz.