This is excellent, thank you. I assume that we will learn more as the SAS comes online? And are any of the registrations going through now? Last time I registered a link it took 2 months and I had to hound the FCC a lot about it until they finally just did it so I'd stop annoying them.
Thank you, Brett A Mansfield > On May 20, 2015, at 2:59 PM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > > There's been some pretty good discussions on the WISPA list... here's what > I've been able to decipher: > > Yes, you can still use 3.65 > Yes, you can still register links > Yes, you still need a license - you actually have to already have one to use > 3.65 at this point, since the FCC isn't issuing anymore licenses under the > old rules, but that would just be your existing NN license (assuming you have > one - which you do if you've ever registered anything in 3.65) > No, you can't use 3.55-3.65 yet - we have to wait until equipment is > available and the SAS is up and running. > You can keep using links that are already there as long as you want to... > there will be some changes in 2020, but as far as I can tell we won't ever > have to take down existing links. anything that was registered before April > 17th (and actually installed by 4/17/2016) gets special protected status from > gear that's operating under the new rules. > > For the most part, nothing really changes for now - you can/have to keep > registering everything in ULS the same as always and you can keep using the > same equipment. When the SAS is in place and some radios support it, things > will change. > > > > >> On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 3:45 PM, Brett A Mansfield >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> Anyone know much about the new FCC rules on 3.5GHz? I have read article >> after article and still don't really understand what is going on. I know of >> a 3-tier system and a GAA, but nothing elaborates on it. >> >> My questions are: >> >> Can I still use 3.65? >> Can I still register new links? >> Do I still need a license? >> If so, how to obtain said license for new links? >> Can I use the newly available 3.5-3.65 GHz now? >> I do have a few links already registered. What will happen with those? >> >> I'm not completely dumb (I don't think), but I certainly don't speak legal. >> I need a clear explanation dumbed down to my level of understanding (maybe >> I'm dumber than I think). >> >> >> Thank you, >> Brett A Mansfield >
