FCC Record, Volume 27, No. 2, Pages 937 to 1877, February 6 - February 17, 2012 Page: 948
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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
Applications for Public Safety Pool ) File Nos. 0004270113 et al.
(Conventional) Licenses for Mobile Use of )
ReconRobotics Video and Audio Surveillance )
Systems )
ORDER
Adopted: February 6, 2012 Released: February 6, 2012
By the Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau:
1. INTRODUCTION
1. In this Order we grant, subject to certain limitations outlined below, applications for
authorization filed by the public safety agencies listed in the attached Appendix to deploy and operate the
surveillance robot known as the "Recon Scout" for public safety purposes.' The Recon Scout is a remote-
controlled, maneuverable surveillance robot manufactured by ReconRobotics, Inc. (ReconRobotics),
which transmits real-time video surveillance data.' In granting the applications, we deny the Petition to
Deny Applications filed against each of the subject applications by the ARRL, the national association for
Amateur Radio (ARRL), the series of pleadings entitled Petition to Deny Applications/Conditional
Authority and First Amended Petition to Deny, which Mr. James Edwin Whedbee (Whedbee) filed
against these applications, as well as all associated challenges filed in related pleadings against these
applications.'
II. BACKGROUND
2. The Recon Scout is designed to operate in the 420-450 MHz band at 1-watt peak power.
Because the 420-450 MHz band is allocated to the Federal Radiolocation service on a primary basis, and
to the Amateur service and certain non-Federal radiolocation systems on a secondary basis,4
ReconRobotics sought a waiver of the Commission's rules in 2008 to permit Recon Scout devices to
'The applications and associated file numbers, and the petitions and other pleadings associated with each
application, are listed in the attached Appendix.
2 See ReconRobotics, Inc., Request for Waiver of Part 90 of the Commission's Rules, Order, 25 FCC Red 1782,
1783 3 (WTB/PSHSB 2010) (Waiver Order).
See infra Appendix (listing each application, together with all relevant pleadings addressed by this Order,
identified by filer and date filed).
' See 47 C.F.R. 2.106, 90.103(c)(21), 97.303(f). Non-Federal radiolocation stations are secondary to both
Federal radiolocation stations and Amateur stations.948
Federal Communications Commission
DA 12-123
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