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NEWINGTON, CT, Oct 19, 2004--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 (DoD) and the National Telecommunication and Information Administration (NTIA) 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 will accommodate 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.
The ARRL has said Amateur Radio can accommodate aeronautical flight telemetry without substantially compromising the viability of the 2390-2400 MHz band for amateur use. But the League has insisted that 2395 to 2400 MHz remain an exclusive amateur primary allocation.
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