[Scan-DC] UPDATE Re: Montgomery County Rebanding within 30 days

[Wadsworth, James]

Doug, do some more reading. 800 MHz rebanding has been in the news for years. The first phase is moving systems (frequencies) out of the 851 to 853 MHz spectrum. So systems that currently operate from 851 to 860 MHz are getting shuffled to 854 to 860 MHz. They get put into available frequencies that will not cause any loss of capabilities. Then the systems that operate in the 866 to 868 MHz range will get picked up and moved 15 MHz down to take over the vacated spectrum. NEXTEL is coordinating license moves.  It is a nationwide plan that is easily googled. 15 MHz is correct. 

----- Original Message -----
From: Doug Kitchener [mailto:oldsdoug at hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 08:55 PM
To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [Scan-DC] UPDATE Re:  Montgomery County Rebanding within 30 days


Okay, I started doing a little digging on this this evening, and I suspect the original information given below is incorrect.  I looked up the current control channels of the Montgomery County system and they were:

868.86250 (Primary)
868.68750 (Alternate)

868.88750 (Alternate)
868.93750 (Alternate)

Subtracting 15 MHz (as below) from each of them puts them at 853.####, but a check of the FCC database reveals no licenses for those frequencies for Montgomery County.  I _did_ find licenses in the 823 MHZ range, however, which would be not 15, but _45_ MHz lower than the current control frequencies... so I suspect that the new control channel frequencies will be:

823.86250 (Primary)
823.68750 (Alternate)
823.88750 (Alternate)
823.93750 (Alternate)

The FCC license database shows 21 frequencies in the 821 - 823 MHZ range for Montgomery County (under the call sign WPVK-244); they are:

821.2125
821.2750
821.3375
821.4875
821.6500
822.7375
822.8375
822.8875
822.9125
823.1125
823.1625
823.2750
823.3625
823.3875
823.4375
823.6125
823.6375
823.6875
823.8625
823.8875
823.9375

I'm guessing that those will be the frequencies of the system after the rebanding, with the control channels (control frequencies!) as above.

I have my spies working on this - will post anything I find out.

DK

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> From: oldsdoug at hotmail.com
> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:57:15 -0500
> Subject: [Scan-DC] Montgomery County Rebanding within 30 days
>
>
> I got this from the horse's mouth - a tip of the hat to the gentleman that I spoke to (all right, to whom I spoke).
>
> I was in the Giant on Crabbs Branch Way a couple of hours ago; in front of me in line was a gentleman who was wearing a "Montgomery County Radio Communications" jacket.  Needless to say, I accosted him... he was kind enough to give me a couple of minutes, and told me that they will be rebanding within the next 30 days or so... exact date is apparently not yet determined.  He told me to subtract 15 MHz from the current frequencies of the four control channels and that should do the trick.
>
> 2000 hours, WPVA-690 & WPVK-2....... 4 4.
 		 	   		  
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