From bounce-fccreg-6756@lists.tapr.org Wed Mar 10 20:51:40 1999 Received: from lists.tapr.org (lists.tapr.org [204.17.217.24]) by tapr.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA10547 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 1999 20:51:33 -0600 (CST) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Sender: dewayne@mail.warpspeed.com Message-Id: Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 18:41:10 -0800 To: "TAPR FCC Regs Discussion List" From: Dewayne Hendricks Subject: [fccreg] LOCATION AND MONITORING SERVICE AUCTION CLOSES List-Unsubscribe: List-Software: Lyris Server version 3.0 List-Subscribe: List-Owner: X-List-Host: Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Reply-To: "TAPR FCC Regs Discussion List" X-Message-Id: Sender: bounce-fccreg-6756@lists.tapr.org Precedence: bulk Report No. WT 99-6 WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACTION March 5, 1999 LOCATION AND MONITORING SERVICE AUCTION CLOSES Today the Commission's Location and Monitoring Service (LMS) auction, which began on February 23, 1999, closed after 54 rounds, raising a total net revenue of $3,438,294.00. The auctioned spectrum is located in the 904.000 - 928.000 MHz Band. "Today's results can only mean good things for American consumers. The Commission has added new competitors to this exciting marketplace," said FCC Chairman William E. Kennard. "These licensees have the opportunity to make our highways safer as well as improve productivity in transportation." A total of 528 multilateration LMS licenses were simultaneously auctioned. One license for each of the three spectrum blocks in each designated Economic Area (EA) was auctioned: Block A has a total bandwidth of 6.00 MHz; Block B has a total bandwidth of 2.25 MHz; and, Block C has a bandwidth of 5.75 MHz. 289 licenses, representing 84.8 % of the population were sold in the auction. "The LMS auction is another example of the way the Commission is opening up opportunities and helping the industry deliver new products," said Thomas Sugrue, Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. "These entrants should create a competitive environment with the development of diverse and alternative technologies providing consumers with a variety of locating services." LMS refers to advanced radio technologies designed to support the nation's transportation infrastructure and facilitate growth of Intelligent Transportation Systems. LMS systems are designed to improve the efficiency and safety of the highways of the United States. LMS systems are permitted to transmit voice or non-voice status and instructional messages as long as such messages are related to location or monitoring functions. License winners must make the downpaynment on their licenses ten business days after the release of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau's Public Notice announcing the close of the auction. Winning bidders must also file their long form applications with the FCC within the same time period. -FCC - News Media Contact: Meribeth McCarrick at (202) 418-0654 Wireless Telecommunications Bureau contacts: Bob Reagle (Auctions) at (202) 418-0792 or Linda Chang (Commercial Wireless) at (202) 418-7240 --- You are currently subscribed to fccreg as: lyris.fccreg@tapr.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-fccreg-6756O@lists.tapr.org From bounce-fccreg-6756@lists.tapr.org Sun Mar 14 17:19:26 1999 Received: from lists.tapr.org (lists.tapr.org [204.17.217.24]) by tapr.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id RAA18680 for ; Sun, 14 Mar 1999 17:19:25 -0600 (CST) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Sender: dewayne@mail.warpspeed.com Message-Id: Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 15:09:56 -0800 To: "TAPR FCC Regs Discussion List" From: Dewayne Hendricks Subject: [fccreg] LOW-FREQUENCY EXPERIMENTAL LICENSE ISSUED List-Unsubscribe: List-Software: Lyris Server version 3.0 List-Subscribe: List-Owner: X-List-Host: Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Reply-To: "TAPR FCC Regs Discussion List" X-Message-Id: Sender: bounce-fccreg-6756@lists.tapr.org Precedence: bulk LOW-FREQUENCY EXPERIMENTAL LICENSE ISSUED Some US experimental activity is coming to LF! The FCC has granted a one-year experimental license to the Amateur Radio Research and Development Corporation to conduct tests on the frequency 136.75 kHz. Experiments would be carried out from 12 Northern Virginia sites using the call sign WA2XTF. These experiments are to gain low-frequency experience in anticipation that the FCC may allocate a band at 136-kHz to Amateur Radio. Last October, the ARRL petitioned the FCC to create two amateur LF allocations at 135.7-137.8 kHz and 160-190 kHz. The League asked for a 200 W PEP power limit (no more than 2W EIRP) and requested the new bands be made available to those holding a General class or higher license for CW, SSB, RTTY/data, and image emissions. Several countries throughout the world already enjoy LF allocations around 136 kHz. These include New Zealand, Great Britain, the Republic of Ireland, and several European nations. Emissions authorized for these tests include 173-Hz and 450-Hz bandwidth frequency-shift data and 100-Hz bandwidth CW. The authorized transmitted power is 1 W ERP. The 12 stations will operate experimental transmitters, antennas and receiving systems using digital signal processing techniques. Participating in the experimental operation are Glenn Baumgartner, KA0ESA; David Borden, K8MMO; Robert Bruhns, WA3WDR; Hal Feinstein, WB3KDU; Terry Fox, WB4JFI; Andre Kesteloot, N4ICK; George Lemaster, WB5OYP; Shannon Mishey, N8TBM; Paul Rinaldo, W4RI; David Rogers, K9RKH; Elton Sanders, WB5MMB; and John Seely, AA4GM. Rinaldo is the ARRL's technical relations manager. While the list of stations is closed and new transmitting stations cannot be added, others are invited to join the project by listening and reporting results. Reception reports should be sent via e-mail to Andre Kesteloot, N4ICK, n4ick@amrad.org. Further information concerning these LF experiments will be available in the AMRAD Newsletter mailed bimonthly to AMRAD members and available at http://www.amrad.org. Source: The ARRL Letter Vol. 18, No. 11 March 12, 1999 --- You are currently subscribed to fccreg as: lyris.fccreg@tapr.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-fccreg-6756O@lists.tapr.org From bounce-fccreg-6756@lists.tapr.org Tue Mar 23 15:20:18 1999 Received: from lists.tapr.org (lists.tapr.org [204.17.217.24]) by tapr.org (8.9.3/8.9.3/1.9) with SMTP id PAA21803 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 1999 15:20:17 -0600 (CST) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Sender: dewayne@mail.warpspeed.com Message-Id: Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 13:19:21 -0800 To: "TAPR FCC Regs Discussion List" From: Dewayne Hendricks Subject: [fccreg] FCC HANDLED OVER 1200 INTERFERENCE COMPLAINTS FROM FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS List-Unsubscribe: List-Software: Lyris Server version 3.0 List-Subscribe: List-Owner: X-List-Host: Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Reply-To: "TAPR FCC Regs Discussion List" X-Message-Id: Sender: bounce-fccreg-6756@lists.tapr.org Precedence: bulk FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22, 1999 News Media Contact: David Fiske or Rosemary Kimball at (202) 418-0500 Report No. CI 99-15 COMPLIANCE AND INFORMATION ACTION FCC HANDLED OVER 1200 INTERFERENCE COMPLAINTS FROM FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS The FCC said today that its Compliance and Information Bureau responded to over 1,200 calls during the past year from local, state, and federal public safety and emergency officials seeking assistance on radio frequency problems, many involved with life-threatening emergency situations. The Compliance and Information Bureau provides around the clock assistance to public safety and emergency organizations that are experiencing communications problems. The bureau will alert and dispatch local FCC field office agents to locate and resolve the interference problems, giving priority to emergency situations involving potential harm to life and property. Categories of calls to the FCC's Compliance and Information Bureau include the following: State and Local Public Safety Emergency Services: Local law enforcement, fire and other public safety entities made 674 requests for assistance. In some instances, police communication channels were being jammed by unknown sources of interference that prevented dispatchers from communicating with officers. In some instances, police officials complained of intruders on police communication frequencies masquerading as official police dispatchers, causing law enforcement units to be directed to fictitious emergency locations. U.S. Coast Guard: The U.S. Coast Guard sought assistance almost 400 times. In some instances the FCC used its direction finding network to help the Coast Guard locate lost or disoriented boaters who needed Coast Guard assistance. One particular "lost" vessel radioed that an individual on the vessel had a heart attack and needed immediate medical attention. Information from our direction finding capabilities allowed the Coast Guard to locate the vessel, and then transport the heart attack victim for immediate medical attention, thus saving his life. Many of the Coast Guard contacts concerned interference to ship distress frequencies severe enough to prevent real distress calls from vessels getting through. Sometimes individuals deliberately broadcast false distress calls that had resulted in costly and time-consuming Coast Guard air and sea searches for non-existent vessels. The Coast Guard asked the FCC to use its electronic direction-finding capabilities to locate individuals who had broadcast false distress calls Federal Aviation Administration: The FAA requested assistance 75 times to address such matters as unknown sources of interference on air traffic control frequencies and locating and silencing unauthorized transmissions on frequencies used for aircraft radar identification systems. In a few cases, individuals were intentionally jamming communications between the tower and aircraft, thereby jeopardizing the safety of landing or departing aircraft. Satellite Search and Rescue System Operators: The Department of Defense and the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, operators of the U.S. satellite search and rescue system, asked for FCC assistance 60 times. Search and rescue satellites would receive unknown signals which could mask true distress signals coming from emergency radio beacons carried by most aircraft and many marine vessels. The satellite system rescue operators needed FCC help in detecting the sources of these unknown signals and deactivating them. In the majority of these cases the FCC found that emergency beacons had malfunctioned and were erroneously sending distress signals. --- You are currently subscribed to fccreg as: lyris.fccreg@tapr.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-fccreg-6756O@lists.tapr.org From bounce-fccreg-6756@lists.tapr.org Thu Mar 25 08:53:52 1999 Received: from lists.tapr.org (lists.tapr.org [204.17.217.24]) by tapr.org (8.9.3/8.9.3/1.9) with SMTP id IAA02214 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 1999 08:53:50 -0600 (CST) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Sender: dewayne@mail.warpspeed.com Message-Id: Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 06:52:53 -0800 To: "TAPR FCC Regs Discussion List" From: Dewayne Hendricks Subject: [fccreg] COMMISSION ANNOUNCES APRIL 6 SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT EN BANC List-Unsubscribe: List-Software: Lyris Server version 3.0 List-Subscribe: List-Owner: X-List-Host: Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Reply-To: "TAPR FCC Regs Discussion List" X-Message-Id: Sender: bounce-fccreg-6756@lists.tapr.org Precedence: bulk Released: March 22, 1999 COMMISSION ANNOUNCES APRIL 6 SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT EN BANC The Commission will hold an en banc hearing on spectrum management on April 6, 1999 from 9 am to 1 pm in the Commission Meeting Room, 445 12th Street S. W., Washington, DC. The en banc will consist of three panels. Panel 1 will discuss spectrum management fundamentals. Panel 2 will discuss what is working well and what is not working with the FCC's current spectrum management process. Panel 3 will discuss new approaches to spectrum management. Panelists are currently being invited and additional information will be provided in a subsequent public notice. Audio coverage of the en banc will be available through RealAudio from the FCC website at www.fcc.gov. For further information, contact Jack Linthicum at 202-418-2441 voice, 202-418-1918 fax and e-mail jlinthic@fcc.gov. -FCC- --- You are currently subscribed to fccreg as: lyris.fccreg@tapr.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-fccreg-6756O@lists.tapr.org From bounce-fccreg-6756@lists.tapr.org Thu Mar 25 09:03:30 1999 Received: from lists.tapr.org (lists.tapr.org [204.17.217.24]) by tapr.org (8.9.3/8.9.3/1.9) with SMTP id JAA02574 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 1999 09:03:29 -0600 (CST) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Sender: dewayne@mail.warpspeed.com Message-Id: Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 07:02:10 -0800 To: "TAPR FCC Regs Discussion List" From: Dewayne Hendricks Subject: [fccreg] FCC SLATES EN BANC HEARING ON SPECTRUM POLICY List-Unsubscribe: List-Software: Lyris Server version 3.0 List-Subscribe: List-Owner: X-List-Host: Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Reply-To: "TAPR FCC Regs Discussion List" X-Message-Id: Sender: bounce-fccreg-6756@lists.tapr.org Precedence: bulk FCC SLATES EN BANC HEARING ON SPECTRUM POLICY An FCC en banc hearing on spectrum management set for April 6 likely will include controversial issues such as Pentagon concerns about losing control over too much spectrum and industry concerns over problems that have plagued the Commission's spectrum auction system. With plans for the en banc hearing still in the formative stage, FCC officials and sources close to the process told TR today that it likely will produce some tart criticism of the Commission's spectrum management policy. The en banc hearing is being held at the behest of Commissioner Susan Ness, according to several sources. Ms. Ness takes the lead on international spectrum policy issues that come to the Commission, and TR's sources believe she's likely to make sure that U.S. plans for the next International Telecommunication Union World Radio Communications Conference in 2000 will be discussed during the en banc hearing. In a brief notice issued March 22, the Commission said the hearing would consist of panels discussing spectrum management fundamentals; what is working well and what isn't working with the FCC's current spectrum management process; and new approaches to spectrum management. Government witnesses from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration will represent the Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee, which represents executive branch agencies that are spectrum users. The final panel, on new spectrum management methods, likely will include members from the academic community. --- You are currently subscribed to fccreg as: lyris.fccreg@tapr.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-fccreg-6756O@lists.tapr.org From bounce-fccreg-6756@lists.tapr.org Thu Mar 25 11:13:50 1999 Received: from lists.tapr.org (lists.tapr.org [204.17.217.24]) by tapr.org (8.9.3/8.9.3/1.9) with SMTP id LAA07119 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 1999 11:13:48 -0600 (CST) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Sender: dewayne@mail.warpspeed.com Message-Id: Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 09:08:31 -0800 To: "TAPR FCC Regs Discussion List" From: Dewayne Hendricks Subject: [fccreg] FCC To Close Gettysburg Reference Room List-Unsubscribe: List-Software: Lyris Server version 3.0 List-Subscribe: List-Owner: X-List-Host: Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Reply-To: "TAPR FCC Regs Discussion List" X-Message-Id: Sender: bounce-fccreg-6756@lists.tapr.org Precedence: bulk FCC To Close Gettysburg Reference Room 8:33:14 AM 3/25/99 The FCC has voted to close its Gettysburg, Pa., reference room, an important asset to those researching wireless license data, once its universal licensing service is 100% operational later this year. According to the commission, computers have replaced people in Gettysburg as far as information retrieval is concerned, and requests to access the actual paper applications have decreased significantly. If desired, the paper applications can be retrieved by the Gettysburg staff or by the FCC's duplication services contractor. In addition, the use of electronic filing to request new, modified and renewed authorizations for wireless services continues to increase. Currently, more than half the applications for wireless services are received by electronic means. --- You are currently subscribed to fccreg as: lyris.fccreg@tapr.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-fccreg-6756O@lists.tapr.org From bounce-fccreg-6756@lists.tapr.org Mon Mar 29 10:59:40 1999 Received: from lists.tapr.org (lists.tapr.org [204.17.217.24]) by tapr.org (8.9.3/8.9.3/1.9) with SMTP id KAA15002 for ; Mon, 29 Mar 1999 10:59:39 -0600 (CST) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Sender: dewayne@mail.warpspeed.com Message-Id: Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 08:54:33 -0800 To: "TAPR FCC Regs Discussion List" From: Dewayne Hendricks Subject: [fccreg] VANITY CALL SIGN APPLICATION FEE TO RISE SLIGHTLY List-Unsubscribe: List-Software: Lyris Server version 3.0 List-Subscribe: List-Owner: X-List-Host: Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Reply-To: "TAPR FCC Regs Discussion List" X-Message-Id: Sender: bounce-fccreg-6756@lists.tapr.org Precedence: bulk VANITY CALL SIGN APPLICATION FEE TO RISE SLIGHTLY The cost of applying for an amateur vanity call sign is expected to rise slightly this fall. In a just-released Notice of Proposed Rulemaking involving assessment and collection of regulatory fees for Fiscal Year 1999 (MD Docket 98-200), the FCC has proposed increasing the vanity fee to $1.42 per year or $14.20 for the 10-year term. The current vanity fee is $13. That figure, originally proposed at $1.29 per year (or $12.90 for the 10-year term) was "rounded up" to $1.30 per year by the FCC when it was implemented last fall, so it's possible the FCC might adjust the final number up or down to an even dollar figure this time as well. The FCC projects 6800 vanity applications in FY 1999 for a total revenue figure of more than $96,000. The vanity call sign business has continued to be brisk over the past year and picked up slightly after the vanity call sign fee dropped from its high of $50 to $13 last September. The FCC reports it received a total of 12,152 vanity applications during 1998--slightly more than 1000 a month; however, not all applications have resulted in call sign grants. That trend continued in January and February. The FCC got more than 1400 applications in each of those two months. The vast majority of applications last year were filed electronically. The FCC reports that fewer than 20% of last year's applications arrived on paper. The Commission's Gettysburg office currently takes approximately three weeks to process a vanity call sign application. Comments are due on the FCC's FY 1999 fee proposals by April 19. Reply comments are due April 29. A full copy of the FCC NPRM is available at http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Miscellaneous/Notices/1999/fcc99044.txt. Source: The ARRL Letter Vol. 18, No. 13 March 26, 1999 --- You are currently subscribed to fccreg as: lyris.fccreg@tapr.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-fccreg-6756O@lists.tapr.org From bounce-fccreg-6756@lists.tapr.org Tue Mar 30 08:35:05 1999 Received: from lists.tapr.org (lists.tapr.org [204.17.217.24]) by tapr.org (8.9.3/8.9.3/1.9) with SMTP id IAA09450 for ; Tue, 30 Mar 1999 08:35:04 -0600 (CST) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Sender: dewayne@mail.warpspeed.com (Unverified) Message-Id: Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 06:33:58 -0800 To: "TAPR FCC Regs Discussion List" From: Dewayne Hendricks Subject: [fccreg] Updated FCC Rules on the web - FYI List-Unsubscribe: List-Software: Lyris Server version 3.0 List-Subscribe: List-Owner: X-List-Host: Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Reply-To: "TAPR FCC Regs Discussion List" X-Message-Id: Sender: bounce-fccreg-6756@lists.tapr.org Precedence: bulk Subject: Updated FCC Rules on the web Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 11:00:15 EST I have just updated the FCC rules on the web to correspond with those recently released by the Government Printing Office. These rules are in hypertext format and include links to other rules, the Federal Register (though these links are put in by hand, so they are limited), and FCC documents (again, added by hand). Links are provided to search the Federal Register and the FCC web site for documents citing the rule currently in view. You can also view previous versions of the rule, and the rule in pdf format. The format of the table of contents for each part has changed, so it might be good to review the "How To Use" section. Finally, I've added the FCC Broadcast Station Self-Inspection Checklists with links to cited rules. See the FCC Rules at . Harold Harold Hallikainen harold@hallikainen.com Hallikainen & Friends, Inc. See the FCC Rules at http://hallikainen.com/FccRules and comments filed in LPFM proceeding at http://hallikainen.com/lpfm --- You are currently subscribed to fccreg as: lyris.fccreg@tapr.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-fccreg-6756O@lists.tapr.org