FCC Experimental License Grants

In its most recent list of experimental license grants from Oct. 1, 2004 to Nov. 1, 2004 , the FCC granted WD2XLL to Nextel of New York a license to use spectrum in TV channels 54, 59, 62, 63, 64, 67, 68 and 69 (710-716, 740-746, 762-776, and 792-806 MHz) for "test and development of communications systems" in New Yor

Author:: TVTechnology
Publish date:: Dec 6, 2004

In its most recent list of experimental license grants from Oct. 1, 2004 to Nov. 1, 2004, the FCC granted WD2XLL to Nextel of New York a license to use spectrum in TV channels 54, 59, 62, 63, 64, 67, 68 and 69 (710-716, 740-746, 762-776, and 792-806 MHz) for "test and development of communications systems" in New York and Queens. Southwest Research Institute was given a license to operate on "various ultra high frequencies" for antenna testing in San Antonio, TX.

None of the other license grants listed frequencies used by TV broadcasters. For a list of all the license granted in October, see FCC Report 373 - Experimental Actions.

The FCC has released a list of experimental licenses granted between Nov. 1, 2003 and Jan. 1, 2004 . Two of the licenses allow operation in the UHF TV band. Viacel was granted a license to operate on TV channels 54 and 59 in New York City and Union City, N.J. While the FCC CDBS does not reveal any TV stations in the N

The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology released its list of experimental license grants between Feb. 1, 2004 and March 1, 2004 . Some of the grants will be of interest to UHF broadcasters. L3-Communications was granted license WC2XSW to operate on frequencies from 407 to 1512 MHz for antenna tuning and evaluatio

The FCC has released a a list of experimental applications granted from May 1 to June 1, 2003 . Three grants may be of interest to RF Report readers. Hawaiian Electric Company was granted an experimental license WD2XDT to operate in the 1.7 to 30 MHz band for current carrier system tests in Honolulu and Kapolei, Hawa

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The FCC released a list of experimental applications granted from April 1 to May 1, 2004 . Readers concerned out BPL interference may be interested in license WD2XIZ, issued to AT&T Corp. to operate between 1.705 - 80 MHz for testing broadband over power lines in Menlo Park Calif., Florham Park, N.J., Middletown, N.J.

The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology released a list of experimental applications granted between 7/1/04 and 8/1/04 . Broadcasters may be interested in one of the grants, license WD2XKG to Shure Incorporated for operation in the 180-186, 192-198, 204-210, 674-680, 764-770, 776-782, 788-794, and 800-806 MHz ban

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