[BC] Overcrowding & noise floor on AM

[Bill Smith]

Where is the plan to hand channels 5 and 6 over to public safety? This is
the first I've heard of it and I'm heavily involved in public
safety/critical infrastructure radio systems. PS is getting a chunk of the
soon to be cleared 700 MHz band between 60 and 69, which companies like
Cyren Call are trying to get their hands on.

The recent DTV plans I have seen don't show any give back of VHF channels.
Some of the original plans were for all DTV to be in the UHF band and the
freed up spectrum reallocated.

Bill

> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Phil Alexander
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 7:21 AM
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> Subject: Re: [BC] Overcrowding & noise floor on AM


> You can
> forget TV 5 and 6. They are slated for pub safety
> and biz radio. The biz radio part looks like a high
> ticket auction while if they gave out replacement
> channels they wouldn't get a nickel. This is a non-
> starter, today, tomorrow and 10 years from now.