True. Part 101 is like Part 15 in that regard. -Ty
-Ty On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 10:36 AM, Hardy, Tim <tha...@comsearch.com> wrote: > A part 101 license (other than area-wide licenses or bands that were > auctioned) does not grant “exclusive use” of a frequency at a location. > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Ken Hohhof > *Sent:* Friday, February 26, 2016 11:32 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Unlicensed for dummies > > > > When did they go up there? Was it before U-NII-1 was opened up? Maybe > you can argue that is a separate band, since it wasn’t even available when > they located there. > > > > It is common for a lease to specify exclusivity on that tower for certain > unlicensed bands, or to contain a non-interference clause. Apparently the > lease doesn’t specify. Probably the city won’t want to get involved, > that’s why it’s easiest for a site owner to only allow one unlicensed > tenant, or one per band, they don’t want to play Judge Judy in a technical > area they know nothing about. > > > > Maybe show the city a copy of one of your Part 101 licenses showing you > have exclusive use of that frequency at those locations. Or borrow a 2-way > license from somebody in the area and show the city a copy. Or find a > cellular or paging company that is on a city structure, look up and make a > copy of their FCC license. Tell the city this is the paperwork someone > will have if the FCC has granted them exclusive use of spectrum, and of > course the other tenant will not have anything of the kind to show. Maybe > then turn their WiFi router upside down and show them the Part 15 sticker > so they can understand this is exactly the same rules you and the other > tenant are operating under. It would be like saying you can’t use WiFi > because your next door neighbor had WiFi first. > > > > That’s not how unlicensed works. That’s not how any of this works. > > > > > > *From:* Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> > > *Sent:* Friday, February 26, 2016 10:14 AM > > *To:* Animal Farm <af@afmug.com> > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Unlicensed for dummies > > > > The basic part 15 rule says it all > > On Feb 26, 2016 9:13 AM, "Ty Featherling" <tyfeatherl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > We have a co-tennant on a water tower saying that since they were there > first, they get exclusive use of the entire 5GHz unlicensed band. There > lease warrants no such thing and we told the the FCC doesn't either. Is > there a plain english "for dummies" explanation of Part 15, specifically > regarding interference and co-location? The city is involved and we need to > make this stupid easy to understand. > > > > > > -Ty >
