Frequency availability.

  1. Law
  2. CFR 47
  3. Telecommunication
  4. Federal Communications Commission
  5. Safety and Special Radio Services
  6. Fixed Microwave Services
  7. Technical Standards
  8. Frequency availability.

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§ 101.101 Frequency availability.

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Frequency
band (MHz) 		Radio service
Common
carrier
(Part 101) 		Private
radio
(Part 101) 		Broadcast
auxiliary
(Part 74) 		Other
(parts 15, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 74, 78 & 100) 		Notes
928-929 MAS MAS PRS
932.0-932.5 MAS MAS PRS
932.5-935.0 CC OFS (1).
941.0-941.5 MAS MAS PRS
941.5-944.0 CC OFS Aural BAS (1).
952-958 OFS/MAS PRS
958-960 MAS OFS
1850-1990 OFS PCS
2110-2130 CC PET
2130-2150 OFS PET
2160-2180 CC ET
2180-2200 OFS PET
2450-2500 CC OFS TV BAS ISM F/M/TF
2650-2690 OFS MDS/ITFS
3700-4200 CC LTTS OFS SAT, ET (2).
5925-6425 CC LTTS OFS SAT
6425-6525 LTTS OFS TV BAS CARS M.
6525-6875 CC OFS
6875-7125 CC OFS TV BAS CARS
10,550-10,680 CC OFS DEMS
10,700-11,700 CC OFS SAT
12,200-12,700 MVDDS MVDDS, POFS DBS, NGSO FSS
12,700-13,250 CC LTTS OFS TV BAS CARS F/M/TF.
17,700-18,580 CC OFS TV BAS SAT CARS
17,700-18,300 CC OFS TV BAS CARS
18,300-18,580 CC OFS TV BAS CARS SAT
18,580-18,820 CC OFS Aural BAS SAT
18,820-18,920 CC OFS SAT
18,920-19,160 CC OFS Aural BAS SAT
19,160-19,260 CC OFS SAT
19,260-19,700 CC OFS TV BAS CARS SAT
21,200-23,600 CC LTTS OFS TF.
24,250-25,250 CC OFS
29,100-29,250 LMDS LMDS SAT
31,000-31,300 CC LMDS LTTS OFS LMDS F/M/TF.
71,000-76,000 CC OFS 25 F/M/TF
81,000-86,000 CC OFS 25 F/M/TF
92,000-95,000 CC OFS 15 F/M/TF.

BAS: Broadcast Auxiliary Service - (Part 74)

CARS: Cable Television Relay Service - (Part 78)

CC: Common Carrier Fixed Point-to-Point Microwave Service - (Part 101, Subparts C & I)

DBS: Direct Broadcast Satellite - (Part 100)

DEMS: Digital Electronic Message Service - (Part 101, Subpart G)

ISM: Industrial, Scientific & Medical - (Part 18)

ITFS: Instructional Television Fixed Service - (Part 74)

LTTS: Local Television Transmission Service - (Part 101, Subpart J)

MAS: Multiple Address System - (Part 101)

MDS: Multipoint Distribution Service - (Part 21)

OFS: Private Operational Fixed Point-to-Point Microwave Service - (Part 101, Subparts C & H)

PCS: Personal Communications Service - (Part 24)

PET: Emerging Technologies (per ET Dkt. No. 92-9, not yet assigned)

PRS: Paging and Radiotelephone Service - (Part 22, Subpart E)

SAT: Fixed Satellite Service - (Part 25)

Notes:

F - Fixed

M - Mobile

TF - Temporary Fixed

(1) - Applications for frequencies in the 932.5-935/941.5-944 MHz bands may be filed initially during a one-week period to be announced by public notice. After these applications have been processed, the Commission will announce by public notice a filing date for remaining frequencies. From this filing date forward, applications will be processed on a daily first-come, first-served basis.

(2) Frequencies in this band are shared with stations in the fixed satellite service outside the contiguous United States. Applications for new permanent or temporary facilities in these bands will not be accepted for locations in the contiguous United States. Licensees, as of April 19, 2018, of existing permanent and temporary point-to-point Fixed Service links in the contiguous United States have until December 5, 2023, to self-relocate their point-to-point links out of the 3,700-4,200 MHz band. Such licensees may seek reimbursement of their reasonable costs based on the “comparable facilities” standard used for the transition of microwave links out of other bands, see § 101.73(d) of this chapter (defining comparable facilities as facilities possessing certain characteristics in terms of throughput, reliability and operating costs) subject to the demonstration requirements and reimbursement administrative provisions administrative provisions in part 27, subpart O, of this chapter.

[61 FR 26677, May 28, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 23165, Apr. 29, 1997; 62 FR 24582, May 6, 1997; 65 FR 38327, June 20, 2000; 65 FR 54175, Sept. 7, 2000; 65 FR 59357, Oct. 5, 2000; 67 FR 43037, June 28, 2002; 69 FR 3266, Jan. 23, 2004; 69 FR 72047, Dec. 10, 2004; 70 FR 4787, Jan. 31, 2005; 76 FR 59571, Sept. 27, 2011; 81 FR 79944, Nov. 14, 2016; 85 FR 22889, Apr. 23, 2020]


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