FCC relocation includes some
amateur 2.3 Ghz spectrum
The FCC has acted to include the first five 5 megahertz of the 2390-2417
MHz Amateur Radio Service primary allocation among spectrum it's opened
up to accommodate federal users shifted from other bands.
The spectrum relocations, which also involved nonamateur spectrum at
2 GHz, are aimed at making room for advanced wireless services (AWS),
including so-called "third-generation" (3G) wireless systems.
After voting unanimously October 14 to adopt a Seventh Report and Order
(R&O) in ET Docket 00-258 and WT Docket 02-8, the FCC called the action
"an important step towards the future auction of 90 MHz of spectrum
for AWS."
The Commission said it worked with the US Department of Defense and the
National Telecommunications and Information Administration to reallocate
spectrum to allow for relocation of critical military and other operations
into the 2360 to 2395 MHz band.
The FCC says its action will make room available to shift federal government
aeronautical mobile flight test telemetry (AMT) operations from the 1.7
GHz band to the 2.3 GHz band by extending the primary allocation for AMT
to include an additional 10 megahertz from 2385 to 2395 MHz.
"Making the additional spectrum available for non-federal AMT willaccommodate
the higher data rates needed for non-federal flight testing," the
FCC said.
The Commission similarly extended the existing secondary spectrum allocations
for federal and non-federal non-aeronautical mobile telemetry operations
in the 2360-2385 MHz band to include the 2385 to 2395 MHz band.
In addition, it extended the existing federal primary radiolocation and
secondary fixed allocations from 2360 to 2385 MHz to include 2385 to 2390
MHz.
Last December, the ARRL announced that it had agreed in principle with
the Aerospace and Flight Test Radio Coordinating Council (AFTRCC) to develop
coordination procedures. The League told the FCC it could support Amateur
Radio sharing of 2390 to 2395 MHz on a co-primary basis with flight test
telemetry operations. But it has insisted that 2395 to 2400 MHz remain
an exclusive amateur primary allocation.
Source: ARRL Letter - courtesy of The
American Radio Relay League
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