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PLMR Rule Change To Take Effect May 4

An FCC order making changes to rules on trunking in the 150-174 MHz and 421-512 MHz private land mobile radio bands takes effect May 4, after it was published in the Federal Register Friday. The order was approved by the…

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FCC in March, at the request of the Public Safety Communications Council (see 1503110061). The FCC dropped a requirement that applicants who operate trunked stations on Public Safety Pool channels be required to demonstrate that the proposed station's service contour won't be overlapped by any incumbent station's interference contour. The FCC also amended its rules on the treatment of mobile stations to clarify how to protect 150-174 MHz band mobile stations associated with a base station.