It sucks to be in the satellite business today. Tim
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of pat > Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 9:59 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] 3.65GHz & Grandfathered satellite earth stations > > SES Americom, and they suffer from cranial rectitus. > > > > Tim Sylvester wrote: > > Who are "these people"? The FCC or the satellite earth station > people? > > > > The FCC describes an alternative for determining a safe distance for > > locating a station with in an FSS protection zone in Appendix D of > the > > Report and Order authorizing the 3.65 - 3.70 GHz band. You can read > the full > > document here: > > http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-05-56A1.pdf > > > > This is the intro to the appendix. > > > > ********* > > APPENDIX D: A Methodology For Locating Fixed Stations Within The FSS > Earth > > Station > > Protection Zone > > > > The rules adopted herein require that fixed stations in the 3650-3700 > MHz > > band be located at least > > 150 km from any grandfathered FSS earth station unless all affected > > licensees agree on closer spacing. > > Below, we present as an example, one methodology that can be used to > > determine a safe distance within > > the FSS earth station protection zone where a fixed station can be > located > > without increasing the potential > > of that station to cause harmful interference to the earth station. > We > > reiterate that this is being presented > > only as an example of one methodology. We recognize that there are > many > > methods for providing the > > required protection, such as locating the fixed station behind an > > obstruction, and that licensees are free to > > propose any method they deem appropriate. > > ********* > > > > I would assume that you could use this method to calculate the safe > distance > > for operating at 3.65GHz and present it to the FCC and the FSS earth > station > > operator. > > > > I will need to do this for my WiMAX deployment which will have two > mountain > > ranges between the WiMAX network and the earth station. > > > > Tim > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On > >> Behalf Of pat > >> Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 9:43 AM > >> To: WISPA General List > >> Subject: [WISPA] 3.65GHz & Grandfathered satellite earth stations > >> > >> Anybody else having any luck with these people. They're trying to > tell > >> me I might have to clear all my customer sites for a proposed WiMax > >> deployment on a case by case basis. I'm at the edge of the 150km > >> exclusion zone and have a mountain range in between us. This is > >> getting > >> really annoying. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Pat > >> > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > >> --------- > >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! > >> http://signup.wispa.org/ > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > >> --------- > >> > >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > >> > >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >> > >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > >> > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > > > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
