[TrunkCom] From: Jerry Kacprzycki

Mon, 4 Feb 2002 15:50:30 -0600

Greetings,
      600Mhz band is currently reserved for UHF-TV.  700Mhz is used 
by Channels: 53-68  Please refer to your frequency lists.  Here is 
one from the ARRL:

http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/catv-ch.html

The FCC is only considering realigning Channels 60-69 for alternative 
use.  This has not been done yet.  Many UHF-TV stations remain in the 
Ch60-69 range.  The FCC will not realign the whole 700Mhz band which 
includes UHF Channels down to Ch 53. 

In the meantime, there is no way anyone is going to be using 
UHF Ch36-53 (600Mhz) for anything else but then for UHF-TV and DTV.
600Mhz is not going anywhere.  Chs35-53 will remain UHF-TV primary.
Any other allocated use, would ONLY be done on a local-ONLY basis.
Possible Government usage.  But Public Safety or Business, 
forget about it.  We'll see if the FCC does anything like that.  I 
consider it unlikely.

(Certainly, do not expect any national realigning or reallocation of
the 600Mhz spectrum.  If it were to happen, it is many years away.
The FCC is too busy trying to get DTV implemented around the 
country.  The DTV deadline is December 31, 2006 ; Analog TV 
Broadcasts terminate on that date).  Anything of the scoop mentioned 
in the messages 'listed-below'  would have to wait til after then to 
see if it would be feasible.  And since the 600Mhz range includes UHF-
TV Channels 35-52, a lot of recently licensed DTV Broadcasters would
be very, very mad at the FCC if they suddenly lost their new UHF-DTV
allocated slots.  I know of several of them here in St Louis (This is 
for St Louis alone):

Ch2   - KTVI-TV    using Ch43-DTV
Ch4   - KMOV-TV using Ch56-DTV
Ch5   - KSDK-TV  using Ch35-DTV
Ch9   - KETC-TV   using Ch39-DTV
Ch46 - WHSL-TV  using Ch47-DTV

Imagine all the kaos created around the nation if the FCC realigned 
the 600Mhz range.  Its not going to happen until after December
31 of the year 2006.  The Analog-to-Digital transition dealine date.

In the meantime, look for your local Trunk Radio Systems to remain in 
the 800Mhz, 900Mhz & 400Mhz ranges.  

After all, that is what we are talking about, right?  Trunk Systems?

On 4 Feb 2002 at 15:48, Jerry Kacprzycki wrote:

> From: 	Jerry Kacprzycki
> To:	"[email protected]".GWIA.THF_DOMAIN;  [email protected]
> Date: 	2/4/02 3:47PM
> Subject: 	Re: [TrunkCom] From: 	Jerry Kacprzycki
> 
> You mean that they are using 600 MHZ?  I thought that the 600 band was reserved for space exploration ( Radio Astronomy ).
> 
> >>> Marcel <[email protected]> 02/04/02 03:45PM >>>
> No, this is Next Gen equipment. The 700 Mhz narrowband stuff is old technology. We have moved on to 700 Mhz broadband. 600 Mhz is next.
> 
> Jerry Kacprzycki wrote:
> 
> > Broadband?  I thought that they were reducing the band spacing, twice this century and going digital, not broadband.  I really thought that everything was going narrowband.
> >
> > >>> Marcel <[email protected]> 02/04/02 03:37PM >>>
> > No High Tech -150KHZ broadband.
> > Not with a Uniden or Rat Shack.
> >
> > Jerry Kacprzycki wrote:
> >
> > > From:   Jerry Kacprzycki
> > > To:     "[email protected]".GWIA.THF_DOMAIN
> > > Date:   2/4/02 3:30PM
> > > Subject:        Re: [TrunkCom] 700 MHz
> > >
> > > Is it APCO P-25 Compliant?  In other words, is it radio scannerable?
> > > Hey, nice word, eh?

73 from todd hartzel / n0vkg
http://www.icon-stl.net/~toddh