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Friday, July 19, 2002
Orange County Fair Frequencies [Source: SoCalScan, Mike] WPVL470 Orange County Fair [operations, production management, crowd management, first aid, media, hospitality coordination, catering, electric, waste disposal, and merchandising). 88 Fair Drive Costa Mesa, CA 451.2875R D743 "DPS Base"; "Security"; "Response Teams"; EMS; "Special Deployment teams"; "Zone leaders"; "Cart" & "Bike" units 451.5125R D624 "Box Office"; "booths" 451.6375R D546 "Guest Services" 451.6875R D346 Waste Disposal; "dumpster is full"; "Compactor" 451.7375R D162 "Parking Base"; parking lots 452.1125R D632 "Cart" delivery service 452.5125R D703 "Concert" & "Arena" units; "LA.com" theater; stage 452.6875R D703 Operations "water line broken" 452.7375R D712 "Arena" & "Stage" Misc. activity: 465.50 162.2 simplex "One beer per person"; "Wrist bands need to be snapped" 464.95R D125 OCC Public Safety (Across street from the fair) Possible misc. fair activity: 151.625 141.3 simplex Carnival activity 469.55 D331 simplex 464.5875 D606 simplex
FCC Land Mobile Private database now online [Source: Freq Of Nature] UPDATE Freq Of Nature now has the FCC's Land Mobile Private database online. You can search for a frequency by state. Other search options will be included in the future. Thursday, July 18, 2002
New FCNY radio transcript from the World Trade Center incident [Source: Frank Raffa, Supervising Dispatcher for the FDNY] Frank Raffa, Supervising Dispatcher for the FDNY, has transcribed the audio tapes from the 9/11/01 on the New York Times website. This transcript differs from the New York Times version in that Frank Rappa was able to understand many transmissions they labeled unreadable. Frank Raffa also made corrections where they erred or omitted what was on the tape.
FCC IMPLEMENTS MIGRATION PATH TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENT USE OF SPECTRUM IN THE 700 MHZ PUBLIC SAFETY BAND [Source: The Federal Communications Commission]  Washington, DC -- The Federal Communications Commission has adopted a Fifth Report and Order that sets forth a uniform migration path for General Use and State License public safety channels that will promote the deployment of spectrally efficient equipment in the 764-776 MHz and 794-806 MHz band (700 MHz band). Implementing the same migration path for General Use and State License channels will enhance the ability of public safety agencies to perform both long range and short term planning to include coordination with adjacent agencies regarding their respective communications needs. Such planning and coordination is critical to the successful deployment of communications systems in this band. The Commission's action will also ensure the efficient, effective and maximized use of the 700 MHz band. The FCC's migration path requires that all new systems accepted for filing after December 31, 2006, must use 6.25 kHz equipment (i.e., radios that are able to provide one voice channel per 6.25 kHz). However, the FCC noted that the rules adopted today include a grandfathering policy to encourage the expeditious development and deployment of the 700 MHz band. The grandfathering policy allows licensees of 12.5 kHz systems to operate their systems until December 31, 2016, if they file their license application on or before December 31, 2006. Background on the 700 MHz Band: In the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Congress directed the FCC to allocate twenty-four megahertz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band for public safety use. The FCC designated the spectrum for use as follows: 12.5 MHz for General Use, 2.6 MHz for Interoperability, 2.4 MHz for State License, 0.3 MHz for Low Power, 0.2 MHz for Secondary Trunking, and 6.0 MHz for Reserve. The General Use spectrum, which consists of both 6.25 kHz and 50 kHz channels (referred to as narrowband and wideband, respectively), is licensed utilizing a regional planning approach akin to that used for the 800 MHz band. The General Use channels can be used for voice and data applications in support of public safety services. The State Licenses are 2.4 MHz geographic area licenses based on state boundaries. The State Licenses are issued to the Governor of each state or the Governor's designee to use to implement statewide public safety systems. Details of the 5th Report and Order: The Fifth Report and Order adopts the following migration plan for the narrowband General Use and State License channels of the 700 MHz band: · Allows the marketing, manufacture and importation of 12.5 kHz equipment until December 31, 2006. · Accepts applications for filing to use 12.5 kHz equipment that are filed on or before December 31, 2006. · Accepts applications for filing for new systems to use 6.25 kHz equipment that are filed after December 31, 2006. · Permits legacy licensees to continue using 12.5 kHz based systems until December 31, 2016. · Permits legacy licensees to purchase dual-mode equipment for 12.5 kHz system expansion or maintenance. · Requires use of 6.25 kHz-compatible equipment exclusively effective after December 31, 2016. · Cease certifying equipment that is exclusively 12.5 kHz or that lacks 6.25 kHz efficiency and only certify equipment that is dual-mode effective after December 31, 2006. Action by the Commission July 16, 2002, by Fifth Report and Order (FCC 02-216). Chairman Powell, Commissioners Abernathy, Copps and Martin. FCC Contact: Roberto Mussenden (202) 418-1428 or rmussend@fcc.gov WT Docket No. 96-86 |