Trunking Requirements Don't Apply to ATG Channels, FCC Clarifies
The FCC Public Safety Bureau said new air-to-ground 700 MHz narrowband channels dedicated to communications between low-altitude aircraft and first responders on the ground aren't subject to trunking requirements. A trunked radio system is a computer-controlled two-way radio system that…
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allows sharing of relatively few frequency channels among a large group of users. In January, the National Regional Planning Council asked for FCC clarity, saying a trunking requirement could “hamper effective conventional use of these channels.” The bureau agreed. The trunking requirement “applies only to General Use and State License channels,” the bureau said. “The recently reallocated air-ground channels are neither.”