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FCC 22.719
Revised as of October 1, 2008
Goto Year:2007 |
2009
Sec. 22.719 Additional channel policy for rural radiotelephone stations.
The rules in this section govern the processing of applications for central
office stations that request a rural radiotelephone channel pair when the
applicant has applied for or been granted an authorization for other rural
radiotelephone channel pairs in the same area. The general policy of the FCC
is to promote effective use of the spectrum by encouraging the use of
spectrum-efficient technologies (i.e. BETRS) and by assigning the minimum
number of channels necessary to provide service.
(a) Transmitters in same area. Any central office station transmitter on any
channel pair listed in Sec. 22.725 is considered to be in the same area as
another central office station transmitter on any other channel pair listed
in Sec. 22.725 if the transmitting antennas are located within 10 kilometers
(6.2 miles) of each other.
(b) Initial channel pairs. The FCC does not assign more than two channel
pairs for new central office stations, unless there are more than eight
rural subscriber stations to be served. Stations are considered to be new if
there are no authorized transmitters on any channel listed in Sec. 22.725
controlled by the applicant in the same geographic area.
(c) Additional channel pairs. Applications for central office station
transmitters to be located in the same area as an authorized central office
station controlled by the applicant, but to operate on a different channel
pair(s) are considered as requests for additional channel pair(s) for the
authorized central office station. The FCC may grant applications for
additional channel pairs provided that the need for each additional channel
pair (after the first two) is established and fully justified in terms of
achieving the required grade of service (blocking probability), and the
applicant demonstrates that there will still be adequate spectrum available
in the area to meet realistic estimates of current and future demand for
paging, two-way mobile and rural radiotelephone services. In the case of
conventional rural radiotelephone central office stations, an explanation
must be provided as to why BETRS technology is not being used instead of
additional channel pairs.
Conventional Rural Radiotelephone Stations
Goto Section: 22.717 | 22.721
Goto Year: 2007 |
2009
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