FCC Record, Volume 27, No. 9, Pages 6955 to 7935, June 18 - July 12, 2012 Page: 7,003
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frequency pair 811/856.2125 MHz.8 On February 22, 2006, DRPA filed a letter requesting that the
Commission dismiss the New Jersey application.9 In its letter, DRPA contended that approval of the New
Jersey application would conflict with its proposed use of frequency pair 811/856.2125 MHz for a
trunked system located at the Commodore Barry Bridge.1o DRPA stated that it had been working with
APCO since October 2004 to coordinate frequency pair 811/856.2125 MHz." On March 8, 2006, DRPA
submitted an application proposing to add frequency pair 811/856.2125 MHz at the Commodore Barry
Bridge site.12
3. The distance between DRPA's proposed operation on frequency pair 811/856.2125 MHz
and New Jersey's proposed co-channel operation is only 24.85 kilometers.'3 In addition, DRPA's
proposed operation is spaced only 67.4 kilometers from New Jersey's licensed co-channel facilities
located in Wrightstown, NJ (Call Sign KNJH423). Section 90.621(b) of the Commission's rules requires
that the minimum separation between co-channel stations in the 800 MHz band is 113 kilometers (70
miles).14 Section 90.621(b)(5) of the Commission's rules allows co-channel systems to be separated by
less than the minimum distance but only if the applicant obtains a letter of consent from each short-spaced
co-channel licensee." DRPA stated that it attempted, without success, to obtain a letter of consent from
New Jersey.'6 APCO, nonetheless, certified the DRPA application for Commission review even though
Section 90.621(b) of the Commission's rules prohibited DRPA's proposed short-spaced operation on
frequency pair 811/856.2125 MHz.'7 Therefore, we directed APCO to review its frequency
recommendation and to specify, if possible, rule-compliant frequencies.'8
4. On April 9, 2007, APCO responded to the Commission's directive.'9 Specifically, APCO
proposed that DRPA's application "be amended to change frequency 856.2125 MHz to frequency
856.0375 MHz [...]."20 APCO stated that "Mr. Fred Short, contact person for [DRPA] is in agreement
8Id.
9 DRPA Letter.
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12 FCC File No. 0002517804.
13 The co-channel spacing was determined by a staff assessment of the distance between the fixed location on
DRPA's application, FCC File No. 0002517804, and the fixed location on New Jersey's application, FCC File No.
0002265784.
14 47 C.F.R. 90.621(b).
15 47 C.F.R. 90.621(b)(5).
16 DRPA Letter.
'7 APCO assigned frequency coordination number 09YPAP860202423 to DRPA's application.
'8 Letter from Michael J. Wilhelm, Deputy Chief, Policy Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, to
the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International, Inc. (Feb. 8, 2007).
19 Letter from Ron Haraseth, Director of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International,
Inc., to Brian Marenco, Policy Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications
Commission (April 9, 2007) (APCO Letter) at 2.
20 Id.7003
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United States. Federal Communications Commission. FCC Record, Volume 27, No. 9, Pages 6955 to 7935, June 18 - July 12, 2012, book, July 2012; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc111170/m1/65/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.