White Space Device Testing Runs Into Trouble > Scary

reply to n2jtx

Re: Scary

Fearmongering, what a quaint strategy.

The real reason is the studios are afraid that people will be able to use the devices to access their premium content like ... NASCAR Total Access where they charge 10 bucks a month or whatever to be able to get different viewing angles and access to the in car cameras. And lots of SPAM.

So basically they want the spectrum, and anyone else who wants to utilize it is unwelcome competition.
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reply to gaforces
Do you have anything to back that up?
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reply to Sammer
you can apply that to ANY radio transmitter, not just the 'white space' devices. i don't see how that point is valid in this context.

reply to Thespis
i highly doubt your microphones operate in that same spectrum as these 'white space' devices would mainly based on the fact that they could never get certification from the fcc to operate in the already used TV bands. my guess it that your microphones operate in an ISM band. plus the the white space devices should be aware that some small range of frequencies is being used and should not transmit in that range.

Wireless microphones are licensed as Low Power Auxiliary Stations in the TV bands. See 47 CFR 74.801-882.

Operating term here: Licensed.

Link to rules for your reference.
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reply to cornelius785

reply to Thespis
I haven't seen where the testing confirmed any interference.
If they do interfere with licensed spectrum, then they shouldn't be approved.

reply to RadioDoc
One of the earlier threads on this subject had some info on a stadium that was using, or had plans to use the spectrum for premium event coverage.
Looks like most the broadcasters are using Sprint to broadcast ATM. They could probably save a bundle if they could do it themselves.
NFL has the Total Access, NASCAR has the TrackPass »www.nascar.com/trackpass/

There is nothing there to validate your accusation of "fearmongering".

The users in that spectrum are licensed whether they are a broadcast TV station or Low Power Auxilliary Stations. This discussion conveniently omits that fact. This "white space" initiative is an attempt to grab spectrum without proper engineering justification.
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Aren't the "white space" areas between the channels that TV stations have license for?

The white space areas are channels that have no local broadcast station licensed on them, but they are rarely completely unused. The TV channels themselves have no "spaces" between them.
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So they were established as buffer channels to prevent bleed-over. The low power stations don't interfere, but these devices will?
I don't see why they cant share, which will win, broadcast hogs, or bandwidth hogs?

There are no 'buffer channels'. The Low Power Auxiliary Stations are on assigned frequencies, have strict requirements for equipment performance and are licensed. They are also operated by professionals. That is a lot different than what has been proposed with these so-called "white space" devices.

It is not a matter of sharing. It is about preventing another CB debacle.
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