FCC Staff Gives Local Governments Wireless Buildout Leeway
New York’s Nassau County has until June 30 to construct 700 MHz trunked public safety stations under call signs WQUM833 and WQUT752, the FCC Public Safety Bureau ordered Friday. It was previously extended to Aug. 19, 2019. Among other wireless…
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orders that day, staff granted waiver to Lago Vista, Texas, to modify its travelers’ information station under call sign WQUY758 to expand its service area so it can provide a 2 mV/m signal at 2.5 km from the TIS transmitter site, farther than the 1.5 km required by rules. Existing coverage wasn’t wide enough for two previous natural disasters, the city said. The bureau granted waiver to Longmont, Colorado, to modify its TIS WQQT493 to expand its service area to 4 km from the transmitter. Longmont said the current signal doesn’t cover all parts of the city and proposed to increase the 5 watt transmitter power output at its TIS to the regulatory maximum of 10 watts. The bureau denied the Nevada Department of Transportation’s petition to reconsider partially terminating its license to operate under call sign WPWR989. Staff denied a Butler County, Pennsylvania, petition to reconsider termination of its license to operate in 800 MHz under WRAE930. Staff denied a Mt. Hope/Funks Grove Fire Department (Illinois) petition to reconsider partially terminating its license to operate as WSJ347.