If you're planning a response to any of the reconsideration petitions in the unlicensed 5.8 GHz proceeding, you may have to rethink your vacation plans.… Continue Reading
Google has filed its report on the trial of its modified white space database administration system. Now you've got a chance to comment on it.… Continue Reading
The crack electrical engineers and spectrum policy experts elected to Congress are thinking about telling the FCC what it should be doing about authorizing unlicensed operation in the 5.85-5.295 GHz band.… Continue Reading
This is to correct our item pf a few days ago that wrongly announced the approval of certain new categories of experimental license - obviously a product of wishful thinking.… Continue Reading
"Program," "Medical Testing," and "Compliance Testing" experimental licenses required separate approval by the Office of Management and Budget, which is now in hand.… Continue Reading
The concept of a spectrum etiquette in the unlicensed bands has vampire-like propensities, repeatedly rising from an apparent grave to cast its dark shadow across the village.… Continue Reading
A recent Reddit posting called me a "lawyer hostile to amateur radio." The charge of "hostility" is unwarranted and contrary to the facts.… Continue Reading
In none of the recent cases was the equipment shown actually to cause interference. There are not even allegations that the equipment exceeded the FCC's technical limits.… Continue Reading
With so much of our personal and business communication now dependent on Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and other 2.4 GHz unlicensed technologies, there could be significant risks in going forward. We commend the FCC for proposing a novel set of solutions.… Continue Reading