FCC Gives Experimental Licenses

None of the experimental applications granted between July 1 and Aug. 1 should create problems for broadcasters off-air signals or auxiliary frequencies. A license issued to AAR Mobility Systems, WE2XPG, includes use of frequencies between 14.90 MHz and 406.00 MHz and 0.90-11.70 GHz.

While these frequencies include FM radio, VHF television and broadcast auxiliary microwave services, the license is for testing performance of shielding of military EMI shield shelters, and components for use in these shelters. The testing is to be performed in Cadillac, Mich.

Other grants were outside all broadcast and broadcast auxiliary spectrum.

Amateur Radio operators may be interested in WE2XRH at Delta Junction, Alaska, which will use 7.10-7.60 MHz for testing a digital radio service for citizens of Alaska.

Doug Lung

Doug Lung is one of America's foremost authorities on broadcast RF technology. As vice president of Broadcast Technology for NBCUniversal Local, H. Douglas Lung leads NBC and Telemundo-owned stations’ RF and transmission affairs, including microwave, radars, satellite uplinks, and FCC technical filings. Beginning his career in 1976 at KSCI in Los Angeles, Lung has nearly 50 years of experience in broadcast television engineering. Beginning in 1985, he led the engineering department for what was to become the Telemundo network and station group, assisting in the design, construction and installation of the company’s broadcast and cable facilities. Other projects include work on the launch of Hawaii’s first UHF TV station, the rollout and testing of the ATSC mobile-handheld standard, and software development related to the incentive auction TV spectrum repack.
A longtime columnist for TV Technology, Doug is also a regular contributor to IEEE Broadcast Technology. He is the recipient of the 2023 NAB Television Engineering Award. He also received a Tech Leadership Award from TV Tech publisher Future plc in 2021 and is a member of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society and the Society of Broadcast Engineers.