PDXPLT
join:2003-12-04
Banks, OR
| reply to RayW
Re: 700 MHz?
I think you're getting confused by the title of this story. It has nothing to do with 700 MHz spectrum. These channels (52-62) are being re-assigned to non-TV use, and being auctioned off, and will not be available to the devices covered by this Order.
This Order covers operation on TV channels 5-13, 21-36, & 38-51. That's 234 MHz worth of spectrum (OK, not quite 300). But that's alot of very good spectrum, including some in the Low-VHF region. This might increase in the future once the FCC feels that operation on 2-4 won't interfere with VCR's and STB's, and operation on 14-20 won't interfere with public safety comm systems.
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Now the area from 512-608 (ch 21-36) and 614-698 (ch 38-51) is TV broadcasting only. So you have almost 200 MHz that you tell the TV folks they can't use anymore and to lose their equipment investment.
No, you're missing the point. These devices will only get to use channels that the TV folks aren't using. There are separation, adjacent-channel, and "taboo" channel rules that the FCC uses for keeping 1 MW TV stations apart, that don't need to apply when you are talking about 1-10 watt WISP base stations. |
