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Operation of wireless microphones in the 700 MHz band prohibited after June 12, 2010

By jlutz99

Users of wireless mics in the 700 MHz band will need to quit using them by June 12, 2010.  Here's more:

Certain wireless microphones have operated in frequencies that are needed for public safety. When these microphones were first designed, the frequencies they used were in between the frequencies that television stations used to broadcast television programs. With the completion of the digital television (DTV) transition on June 12, 2009, television stations no longer use the frequencies between 698 and 806 MHz (the 700 MHz Band) for broadcast. These frequencies are now being used by public safety entities (such as police, fire and emergency services) and by commercial providers of wireless services (such as wireless broadband services).

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Posted by Jon Lutz

Full post as published by FSU College of Law Library Blog on May 28, 2010 (boomark / email).