FCC to Hold White Space Lab Meeting

By Doug Lung
published

In the wake of two July 31 reports from the FCC Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) on TV white space devices, OET will hold a meeting on the studies at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 16, at the FCC Laboratory in Columbia, Md., between Washington and Baltimore.

The meeting will cover the reports, “Initial Evaluation of the Performance of Prototype TV-Band White Space Devices” and “Direct-Pickup Interference Tests of Three Consumer Digital Cable Television Receivers.”

OET staff will provide an overview of the tests, answer questions and consider suggestions for further testing of the performance of the devices.

Folks interested in attending should RSVP to patrica.goff@fcc.gov and include the sender’s organization and number of people attending, as space at the lab is limited.

Doug Lung
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.