FCC Web Documents citing 80.57

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  • is authorized on both frequencies adjacent to the offset frequency, and in areas where the licensee on the other side of the offset frequency consents to the licensee's use of the adjacent offset frequency. Coordination with Canada is required for offset operations under any circumstance in which operations on either adjoining 25 kHz channel would require such coordination. See § 80.57 of this part. * * * * * (3) VPCSA licensees may not operate on Channel 228B (162.0125 MHz), which is available for use in the Coast Guard's Ports and Waterways Safety System (PAWSS). In addition, within six months of the conclusion of the competitive bidding procedures to determine the licensees in each VPCSA, the U.S. Coast Guard shall submit
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  • 26, 1995). See 47 C.F.R. § 1.65. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 80.773, 90.723(i), 90.763(b)(1)(i). See also Public Coast Third Report and Order, ¶¶ 17-18. The availability of channel pairs throughout inland border VPCs may be affected by agreements between the United States and Canada regarding the assignment and use of VHF frequencies near the U.S.-Canadian border. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 80.57, 80.371(c). See also Public Coast Third Report and Order, ¶ 8. See LMS Report and Order, 10 FCC Rcd at 4714, ¶ 34. Id. at 4714-15, ¶¶ 35-36. Id. at 4722-23, ¶¶ 46-49. For example, under the Commission's rules, in any one market, LMS licensees may not hold the A block, or sub-band license in combination with the license for
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  • to exempt from its reach those vessels in the Maritime SecurityFleet that are deemed to satisfyall Commission equipment certification requirements pursuant to Section 53108(c) of Title 46 of the United States Code. Ship Earth Station Document Requirements. The Commissionamended Section 80.51 to simplystate that a ship earth station must displaythe Commission license. Implementation of U.S./Canada Agreement. The Commission deleted Section 80.57(d)(5) as obsolete. INMARSAT Ship Earth Stations. The Commissionamended Section 80.203(g) to specifythat the subject equipment must be approved for use in the INMARSAT space segment by a notified body(notified bodies are European Union government-designated laboratories and testing organizations that are authorized to make determinations as to whether products complywith specified safety standards, a process termed conformityassessment) in accordance with technical
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  • Canadian ground station. See 47 C.F.R. § 22.813. 11. Air-ground radiotelephone service stations located within 885 km (550 mi) of the border but beyond 8 km (5 mi) of any location listed in 47 C.F.R. § 22.859 must be coordinated. 12. Coordination criteria are based on frequency, location, and altitude. 13. VHF Maritime Public Correspondence - See 47 C.F.R. § 80.57 for the Canada/U.S.A. channeling arrangement. 14. Coordinate all stations operating within 56 km (35 mi) of the border. 15. Interim coordination agreement with Canada prohibits U.S. assignment of frequencies 929-929.5 MHz within 75 miles of border. FCC 601 ­ Instructions February 2008 - Page 20 Schedule M Instructions Revised June 22, 2010 List of Counties/Boroughs, by State, Having Areas Within
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  • by Study Area Study Area Code Study Area Name Support Payments1 Number of Loops2 Support Payments per Loop $ $ TENNESSEE (CONT.) 290554BLEDSOE TEL COOP 1,344,612 11,787 114.08 290557CENTURY-CLAIBORNE 2,331,397 8,085 288.38 290559CONCORD TEL EXCHANGE 6,489,474 16,662 389.48 290561CROCKETT TEL CO 755,060 3,545 213.02 290562DEKALB TEL COOP 2,007,286 17,943 111.87 290565HIGHLAND TEL COOP-TN 1,496,660 23,991 62.39 290566HUMPHREY'S COUNTY 131,774 1,636 80.57 290567UNITED INTER-MT-TN 1,555,464 158,506 9.81 290570LORETTO TEL CO 1,040,168 5,206 199.82 290571MILLINGTON TEL CO 1,759,674 23,003 76.50 290573NORTH CENTRAL COOP 3,883,835 20,435 190.06 290574CENTURYTEL-OOLTEWAH 2,615,942 6,193 422.44 290575TENNESSEE TEL CO 3,062,714 52,280 58.58 290576PEOPLES TEL CO 2,072,242 4,742 437.04 290578TELLICO TEL CO 761,271 8,644 88.07 290579TWIN LAKES TEL COOP 6,823,255 35,610 191.61 290580CTZENS-FRNTR-VOL ST 560,418 16,846 33.27 290581UTC OF TN
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  • by Study Area Study Area Code Study Area Name Support Payments1 Number of Loops2 Support Payments per Loop $ $ TENNESSEE (CONT.) 290554BLEDSOE TEL COOP 1,344,612 11,787 114.08 290557CENTURY-CLAIBORNE 2,331,397 8,085 288.38 290559CONCORD TEL EXCHANGE 6,489,474 16,662 389.48 290561CROCKETT TEL CO 755,060 3,545 213.02 290562DEKALB TEL COOP 2,007,286 17,943 111.87 290565HIGHLAND TEL COOP-TN 1,496,660 23,991 62.39 290566HUMPHREY'S COUNTY 131,774 1,636 80.57 290567UNITED INTER-MT-TN 1,555,464 158,506 9.81 290570LORETTO TEL CO 1,040,168 5,206 199.82 290571MILLINGTON TEL CO 1,759,674 23,003 76.50 290573NORTH CENTRAL COOP 3,883,835 20,435 190.06 290574CENTURYTEL-OOLTEWAH 2,615,942 6,193 422.44 290575TENNESSEE TEL CO 3,062,714 52,280 58.58 290576PEOPLES TEL CO 2,072,242 4,742 437.04 290578TELLICO TEL CO 761,271 8,644 88.07 290579TWIN LAKES TEL COOP 6,823,255 35,610 191.61 290580CTZENS-FRNTR-VOL ST 560,418 16,846 33.27 290581UTC OF TN
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  • is authorized on both frequencies adjacent to the offset frequency, and in areas where the licensee on the other side of the offset frequency consents to the licensee's use of the adjacent offset frequency. Coordination with Canada is required for offset operations under any circumstance in which operations on either adjoining 25 kHz channel would require such coordination. See § 80.57 of this part. * * * * * (3) VPCSA licensees may not operate on Channel 228B (162.0125 MHz), which is available for use in the Coast Guard's Ports and Waterways Safety System (PAWSS). In addition, within six months of the conclusion of the competitive bidding procedures to determine the licensees in each VPCSA, the U.S. Coast Guard shall submit
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  • Marisat system and the continued use of such stations, as the Marisat system is no longer in use. We agree that the rules applicable to ship stations operating under Marisat should be deleted, as the Marisat system has not been used since the 1980s. Therefore, we will delete the reference to Marisat in this rule, and throughout our regulations. § 80.57. Section 80.57 provides the channeling arrangements for VHF maritime public correspondence between the U.S. and Canada. The USCG recommends that this section be reviewed and revised to reflect recent vessel public correspondence auctions, recently revised Canadian/USA agreements, and current practices. After reviewing the current text of Section 80.57 and the pertinent agreements between the U.S. and Canada, we see no
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  • Marisat system and the continued use of such stations, as the Marisat system is no longer in use. We agree that the rules applicable to ship stations operating under Marisat should be deleted, as the Marisat system has not been used since the 1980s. Therefore, we will delete the reference to Marisat in this rule, and throughout our regulations. § 80.57. Section 80.57 provides the channeling arrangements for VHF maritime public correspondence between the U.S. and Canada. The USCG recommends that this section be reviewed and revised to reflect recent vessel public correspondence auctions, recently revised Canadian/USA agreements, and current practices. After reviewing the current text of Section 80.57 and the pertinent agreements between the U.S. and Canada, we see no
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  • Coast Third Report and Order) (citing 47 C.F.R. § 2.106 n.G5). See Exchange of Notes Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada Concerning the Coordination and Use of Radio Frequencies Above 30 Megacycles per Second, Attachments A through F (Oct. 24, 1962) (Above 30 MHz Coordination Agreement). Id.; see also 47 C.F.R. § 80.57. Channel 87 is listed as a United States channel under the treaty. See Amendment of Parts 2 and 83 - On the Great Lakes and Along the Saint Lawrence Seaway: To Change the Status of 157.425 and 162.025 MHz, to Form Them into VHF Channel 88, and to Make Channel 88 Available for Assignment to Ship Stations for Public Correspondence,
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  • is authorized on both frequencies adjacent to the offset frequency, and in areas where the licensee on the other side of the offset frequency consents to the licensee's use of the adjacent offset frequency. Coordination with Canada is required for offset operations under any circumstance in which operations on either adjoining 25 kHz channel would require such coordination. See § 80.57 of this part. * * * * * 24. Section 80.373 is amended by revising paragraph (f) to read as follows: § 80.373 Private communications frequencies. * * * * * (f) Frequencies in the 156-162 MHz band. The following tables describe the carrier frequencies available in the 156-162 MHz band for radiotelephone communications between ship and private coast stations.
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  • 305(a). 800 MHz R&O, 19 FCC Rcd at 15012 ¶ 68. See para. 44, supra. See AIS NPRM, 19 FCC Rcd at 20106 ¶ 63. Channel 88 is not available to inland VPCSA licensees because those VPCSAs do not encompass any of the areas identified in note US223 to the Table of Frequency Allocations. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 2.106 n.US223, 80.57. See AIS NPRM, 19 FCC Rcd at 20106 ¶ 63; see 47 C.F.R. § 80.371(c)(1)(ii). In addition to requesting comment on its tentative conclusion to limit AIS use of Channel 87B to the nine maritime VPCSAs, the Commission requested comment on whether there were areas within the maritime VPCSAs where VPC operations on Channel 87B would not pose a co-channel
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  • reference to INMARSAT commissioning certificates is obsolete and potentially confusing. We also believe that, given the existence of other satellite systems offering maritime mobile satellite service, the license display requirement should be generic, rather than INMARSAT-specific, and we therefore amend Section 80.51 to simply state that a ship earth station must display the Commission license. Implementation of U.S./Canada Agreement. Section 80.57 of the Commission's Rules implements an agreement between the United States and Canada regarding the assignment of VHF frequencies to public coast stations in specified areas. Section 80.57(d)(5) specifies a long-expired deadline for compliance with the arrangement, and provides an exemption from that deadline to specified U.S. public coast stations that no longer exist. We therefore delete Section 80.57(d)(5) as
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  • in connection with the VHF Public Coast Service auction. The September 4, 1998 Public Notice is further corrected as follows : The availability of channel pairs throughout maritime and inland border VPCs may be affected by agreements between the United States and Canada regarding the assignment and use of VHF frequencies near the U.S.­Canadian border. See, e.g., 47 CFR § 80.57. For information regarding other issues that may affect the availability of channels 87 and 88 throughout maritime and inland border VPCs, see Amendment of the Commission's Rules Concerning Maritime Communications, Third Report and Order and Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 98-151, ¶¶ 46-49 (rel. July 9, 1998) ("Public Coast Third Report and Order"). Channel 88 is not available in VPC
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  • Rules.5 Due Diligence: Potential bidders are reminded that there are a number of incumbent VHF Public Coast Station licensees and Private Land Mobile Radio (PLMR) licensees already operating in the 156-162 MHz band. Such incumbents must be protected from harmful interference by VHF Public Coast Station geographic area licensees in accordance with the Commission's Rules. 6 See 47 C.F.R. §§ 80.57, 80.371(c). See also Public Coast Third Report and Order, ¶ 8. 4 These limitations may restrict the ability of such VPC geographic area licensees to use certain portions of the electromagnetic spectrum or provide service to certain areas in their geographic license areas. In addition, potential bidders seeking licenses for geographic areas that are near the Canadian border should be
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  • boundaries, unless the 212 bordering regional licensee or incumbent agrees to a higher field strength. We also propose to authorize the use of VHF public coast spectrum in areas along the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence Seaway, and the coastal waters of Washington pursuant to coordination with Industry Canada, as outlined in the Canada/U.S.A. channel agreements found in 47 C.F.R. § 80.57. In this connection, we believe that applicants are in the best position to assess the affects of any limitations on the use of channels when valuing those geographic areas for competitive bidding purposes. This approach provides licensees the ability to operate their systems up to the borders of their service areas, while also providing protection to adjacent operations. We seek
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  • of Section 309(j) of the Communications Act -- Competitive Bidding, Second Report and Order, 9 FCC Rcd 20 2348, 2356-57, on reconsideration, Second Memorandum Opinion and Order, 9 FCC Rcd 7245 (1994) (Competitive Bidding Second Report and Order). 47 U.S.C. § 309(j) (as amended by Balanced Budget Act, § 3002). 21 47 C.F.R. § 80.371(c). 22 See 47 C.F.R. § 80.57. In addition, VHF Channel 88 may be authorized within 120 kilometers (75 miles) of the Canadian border 23 on the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence Seaway, and the Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca and its approaches. See 47 C.F.R. § 80.371(c). 4 bidding rules for public coast stations. Seventeen comments and eight reply comments to the
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  • 26, 1995). See 47 C.F.R. § 1.65. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 80.773, 90.723(i), 90.763(b)(1)(i). See also Public Coast Third Report and Order, ¶¶ 17-18. The availability of channel pairs throughout inland border VPCs may be affected by agreements between the United States and Canada regarding the assignment and use of VHF frequencies near the U.S.-Canadian border. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 80.57, 80.371(c). See also Public Coast Third Report and Order, ¶ 8. See LMS Report and Order, 10 FCC Rcd at 4714, ¶ 34. Id. at 4714-15, ¶¶ 35-36. Id. at 4722-23, ¶¶ 46-49. For example, under the Commission's rules, in any one market, LMS licensees may not hold the A block, or sub-band license in combination with the license for
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  • equipment, both of which are secondary to all other uses of the band. Licensing Rules VHF Public Coast 1. There are no eligibility restrictions 2. The availability of channel pairs throughout inland border VPCs may be affected by agreements between the United States and Canada regarding the assignment and use of VHF frequencies near the U.S.-Canadian border. See 47 C.F.R. 80.57, 80.371 (c). 3. Incumbent licensees are present in the band. 4. VHF Public Coast licenses available for Auction No. 39 consist of Inland VPCs. 5. Partitioning and/or disaggregation is permitted. LMS 1. There are no eligibility restrictions. 2. In any one market, LMS licensees may not hold the A block, or sub-band license in combination with the license for B