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Congress Repeals T-Band Auction as Part of Massive Funding Bill with COVID-19 Relief
Public-safety and business-industrial licensees with LMR systems on T-Band spectrum would be able to continue operating those networks, thanks to a scheduled auction of the airwaves being repealed as part of the massive federal funding legislation passed yesterday by Congress.
FCC Fines HobbyKing Nearly $3 Million for Marketing Unauthorized Drone Transmitters
The FCC fined HobbyKing $2,861,128 for marketing drone transmitters that do not comply with FCC licensing rules. The website markets devices that provide a video link between transmitters mounted on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and users flying drones. An FCC … Continue reading
Radio Amateur to Lose License as Part of Enforcement Case Settlement
A New Jersey radio amateur, David S. Larsen Sr., WS2L, of Highland Park, will surrender his Amateur Extra-class license and pay a $7,500 civil penalty as part of a Consent Decree with the FCC to settle an enforcement action. An … Continue reading
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FCC Must Upgrade Wireless Emergency Alert System, Public Safety Organizations Say
The nation’s Wireless Emergency Alert system (WEA) needs improvements that are long overdue, according to a coalition of public safety organizations that are pushing for action by the Federal Communications Commission on the issue. In a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and … Continue reading
FCC Blue Alert Warns Cell Phone Users of Threats to Law Enforcement
The Federal Communications Commission has expanded the US’s emergency alert systems by adding a new alert option dubbed Blue Alert. With Blue Alert, both local and state-level authorities can push out notifications that warn the public to “threats to law … Continue reading
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Man fined $32,000 for Jamming GPS Aircraft Tracking System
The Federal Communications Commission has fined a Readington, New Jersey man nearly $32,000 after concluding he interfered with Newark Liberty International Airport’s satellite-based tracking system when he used an illegal GPS jamming device in his pickup truck to hide his … Continue reading
Background on the T-Band Give-Back
The publication Urgent Communications has a nice Q and A article on the new law requiring a reallocation of the 700 MHz “D Block” to Public Safety in return for their give-back of the 470 – 512 MHz T-Band frequencies. … Continue reading
Chicago Seeks T-Band Advice from the FCC
The city of Chicago is questioning the FCC over a new law requiring them to move off the T-Band. Will other areas that heavily use the T-Band (like Los Angeles and the planned LA-RICS system) follow? This is going to … Continue reading
FCC Grants First Narrowbanding Waiver to Missouri Petitioners
The FCC granted the first waiver of the Jan. 1, 2013, VHF/UHF narrowbanding deadline to the Missouri counties of St. Louis and St. Charles, the Jefferson County 9-1-1 Dispatch Board and the East-West Gateway Council. The FCC’s narrowbanding mandate requires … Continue reading
FCC Seeks Public Comments on Emergency Communications by Amateur Radio
In response to the Congressional directive to prepare a study to assess Amateur Radio’s role in emergency and disaster communications and the impact of private land use regulations on the amateur community’s ability to provide such communications, the FCC issued … Continue reading
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