I used to live in Boca Raton and my ham repeater is still on the air down there. We're also doing some 3650 in Florida as well. Currently we're 4 miles just west of the 150km zone so we're in the clear.
I've had numerous calls with higherups at the WTB on this over the last few months. Leon * Doug Ratcliffe wrote, On 7/27/2008 6:52 PM: > I've read your blogs and have been keeping up with them. What I can't seem > to find is the ULS registrations for the actual earth satellite stations. > It seems like most other ULS entires, they have a contact address and a > person's name. > > I did a Geosearch of Orange County, FL (the Sprint Communications Orlando, > FL county) using Frequencies 3500 to 5000mhz (All Service Types), and found > nothing but a cancelled point to point license for AT&T. > > A quick search of the FCC site for Sprint's filing # (SESRWL2000101902129) > finds nothing but the mention in the FCC 3650 FSS list. If I were to call > the FCC with that number would they be able to provide me contact > information for that company that pertains to the FSS department? > > I wonder if creating a website that documented all the FSS contact info, > combined with map distance, automatic EIRP / bearing calculations (i.e. the > stuff the FCC talks about in their 3650 document), would be beneficial to > the other WISPs who want to serve the 125 million people who live INSIDE of > these zones. > > It seems silly, like a 5-10W transmitter pointing the opposite direction > would even make a difference - you would think the FCC would have integrated > distance AND antenna direction when it comes to base station registration... > > Florida is flat. At 105km, I would need to have at least a 450 foot tower > or higher on both ends to even send a signal that far. 45 miles ended up > needing over 400ft on both ends. It's not like I want to broadcast 3650 > from the top of a 10,000 foot mountain peak. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charles Wyble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 6:20 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] 3650 FSS negotiations for protected areas...? > > > >> Doug Ratcliffe wrote: >> >>> Has anyone gotten any headway on company negotiations in protected zones? >>> Almost all of the zones near me (105km is the closest to the SW, 146.7km >>> next closest to the South) and I have no desire to point coverage in that >>> direction - mainly north and northwest. But according to the FCC, I'd be >>> dealing with Sprint, and Harris Corporation - these people don't even >>> have >>> phone numbers on their web sites for any departments that would look like >>> they would even know what I was talking about. >>> >>> >> I have done several blog posts on this subject: >> >> http://charlesnw.blogspot.com/2008/07/satellite-related-brain-dump.html >> http://charlesnw.blogspot.com/2008/07/80211y-3650-mhz-in-southern-california.html >> >> http://charlesnw.blogspot.com/2008/07/3650mhz-southern-california-malibu.html >> http://charlesnw.blogspot.com/2008/07/3650mhz-southern-california-malibu_05.html >> >> Hope that helps. >> >>> And even if I found a human being, it seems unlikely I'd talk to anyone >>> with >>> the power to make a real decision. >>> >>> >> Indeed. >> >>> Is this something best sent from a telecommunications attorney to their >>> FCC >>> attorney of record? Is the consent more like a contract? Would they be >>> able to charge me for consent (like a spectrum lease)? Is this like >>> asking >>> for keys to the space shuttle? >>> >>> >> Excellent questions. Hopefully someone here can help. >> >> >> -- >> Charles Wyble (818) 280 - 7059 >> http://charlesnw.blogspot.com >> CTO Known Element Enterprises / SoCal WiFI project >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
