Power Limit Waiver Doesn't Raise Interference Threat: Gogo
The in-band power levels in Gogo Business Aviation's proposed next-generation air-to-ground (ATG) system don't change appreciably, and it continues to meet out-of-band emission (OOBE) limits, so there's no reason to expect more risk of harmful interference, Gogo said in docket…
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21-282 reply comments Tuesday. It's seeking a waiver of effective radiated power limits for ATG operations in the 849-851 MHz and 894-896 MHz bands. Gogo said more-stringent OOBE limits urged by waiver opponents (see 2108090058) would be contrary to FCC precedent, and it would continue to follow the 800 MHz ATG band's traditional OOBE limits. Florida Power & Light, backing Motorola's opposition, said Gogo should be required to provide an analysis affirmatively demonstrating no harmful interference to the adjacent 900 MHz band, which FPL uses for a private land mobile radio system for dispatch communications, nuclear power plant security, smart grid energy efficiency monitoring and electric distribution system controls.