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The FCC Public Safety Bureau denied a request...

The FCC Public Safety Bureau denied a request by the Skagit County Fire Protection District 5 in Washington state to use frequency 170.150 MHz for vehicular repeaters as part of its public safety radio system. NTIA had recommended the waiver…

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be denied, the bureau said Friday. The 162.0375-173.2 MHz frequency band, which includes the frequency, is allocated to fixed and mobile services on a primary basis for federal use, the bureau said (http://bit.ly/1jfdgs8). Denial of the waiver prevents “Skagit from causing harmful interference to Federal operations operating in accordance with the Table of Frequency Allocations,” it said.