NTIA Gets Nervous About Growing Popularity Of Operations In License-exempt
5 GHz Band
In an EE Times Article (http://www.commsdesign.com/story/OEG20020621S0062),
Patrick Mannion writes about the NTIA considering a petition to the FCC
to severely restrict systems operating license-exempt in the 5 GHz band.
Ostensibly, the NTIA is concerned for services such as RADAR... which seems
a bit of a stretch considering that RADAR systems typically emit hundreds
of watts of transmit power (boats) and thousands (KW) or perhaps millions
(MW) of watts in the case of government and defense RADAR systems.
If the petition goes forward, this will end shape up to be QUITE the fight!
Pushback On UK Plan To Allow Commercial, License-exempt Use of Popular
2.4 GHz Band
In a related story (http://www.commsdesign.com/story/OEG20020620S0055) on
the EE Times web page "sister" publication CommsDesign, John Walko writes
that the UK's plan to finally allow commercial use of the 2.4 GHz band has
resulted in protests from current users decrying the spectrum "pollution"
that will result from the additional number of users.
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Steve Stroh steve@strohpub.com 425-481-0600
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