Mark,

Do the GPWZ areas expire on April 17th 2020 also?  Or they expire whenever
the grandfathered NN license expires?

-sean


On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 5:01 PM Mark Radabaugh <m...@amplex.net> wrote:

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>
> > On Jan 27, 2020, at 2:20 PM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
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> >
> > In theory you could argue that a grandfathered NN license protects you
> from interference from a CBRS operator, but a person better make sure they
> don't have any of those "bodies in the trunk" if they try to call the FCC
> for help with that. We'd also likely be stuck with old equipment in that
> case.  If we use the advantages of the new rules then it's hard to argue
> that we should be protected by the old license, and if we're using old
> Wimax gear with our old license then we'll be less competitive than someone
> with modern electronics, another 100mhz, and 8 or 10 more db in the link
> budget.
>
>
> It’s not theory that you will be protected from CBRS interference if you
> are in the grandfathered wireless protection zones (GWPZ’s).   The SAS is
> REQUIRED to honor the GPWZ and CAN NOT assign a CBSD a frequency between
> 3650 and 3700Mhz.   You do not need to contact the FCC if you are getting
> interference from a CBSD - you need to contact the SAS the screwed up and
> granted the request.
>
> Note this is a little problematic - you can’t get a 3650-3700 frequency
> for a CBSD in a GWPZ even if it’s your own equipment.   There is no current
> mechanism in the SAS to say “It’s my GPWZ and I want to change the
> equipment I’m using to SAS operation and use the same frequency.   You
> would need to unregister the existing 90z equipment and then hope that
> someone else doesn’t get the channel.
>
>
> Mark
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