Some vendors (esp with LTE) allow you to type in a frequency rather than pick from a list.  It was up to the operator to stay compliant.  In an unlicensed (or lightly licensed) band the temptation will always be there to avoid interference by moving to one of those nice quiet channels that nobody else appears to be using.  One little cheat and the customers are suddenly happy.

Manufacturers should just take the option away....at least in Band 42.  Someone will always use it if it's there.


On 1/23/2020 8:20 PM, Tim Hardy wrote:
According to the Notice of Violation, they were found to be operating on 3723 - 3732 MHz which is a clear violation of 1.903 and you’re right that this is how they got caught.  No question that had they not interfered with the ground station, this wouldn’t have come up.  Once the FCC finds one thing, they’re going to look at everything else and that’s how the unregistered locations ended up part of this.

On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 7:25 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com <mailto:af...@kwisp.com>> wrote:

    There seem to be 2 issues, one is unregistered locations which
    seems kind of petty, the other is transmitting above 3.7 GHz.  I’m
    going to assume the second one got them in trouble and led to
    finding the first one?

    *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com
    <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> *On Behalf Of *Steve Jones
    *Sent:* Thursday, January 23, 2020 5:43 PM
    *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com
    <mailto:af@af.afmug.com>>
    *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] FCC Enforcement actions - unauthorized
    operation in 3650 - 3700 MHz band

    The 320 you could go to at least 3695 on 10mhz. Plus the oob so if
    it was low 3700. But jerkoffs like that that don't even make a
    cursory check for earth stations you never know what they've done.

    On Thu, Jan 23, 2020, 5:03 PM <ch...@wbmfg.com
    <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> wrote:

        Jamming C band CATV...

        *From:*Mathew Howard

        *Sent:*Thursday, January 23, 2020 3:59 PM

        *To:*AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group

        *Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] FCC Enforcement actions - unauthorized
        operation in 3650 - 3700 MHz band

        It's interesting that the signal they were interfering with
        was in the 3700-4200mhz band. I wonder what they were doing...

        On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 4:24 PM Steve Jones
        <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com <mailto:thatoneguyst...@gmail.com>>
        wrote:

            Isnt that the first 3ghz one?

            I wish that more people had been nailed, its said other
            "license" holders had no recourse, it took a fixed station
            to be interfered with

            On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 3:35 PM Tim Hardy
            <thardy...@gmail.com <mailto:thardy...@gmail.com>> wrote:

                BREVARD WIRELESS, INC. DBA FLORIDA HIGH SPEED
                INTERNET, LICENSEE OF STATION WQMJ660. Brevard
                Wireless, Inc. dba Florida High Speed Internet agrees
                to $16,000 settlement and compliance plan resolving
                investigation into unauthorized operation in the
                3650-3700 <tel:3650-3700>MHz band . Action by: Deputy
                Chief, Enforcement Bureau. Adopted: 2020-01-22 by
                Order/Consent Decree. (DA No. 20-46). EB.
                DA-20-46A1.docx
                
<https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-20-46A1.docx>DA-20-46A1.pdf
                
<https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-20-46A1.pdf>DA-20-46A1.txt
                <https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-20-46A1.txt>

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