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*Typically FCC licensing for Two Way Radio (known as "Land Mobile") falls under the following provisions:
 
*Typically FCC licensing for Two Way Radio (known as "Land Mobile") falls under the following provisions:
 
**Part 22 (Former Paging)
 
**Part 22 (Former Paging)
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**'''[http://www.hallikainen.com/FccRules/2020/74/index.php Part 74]''' (Media)<sup>1</sup>
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**'''[http://www.hallikainen.com/FccRules/2019/74/index.php Part 74]''' (Media)<sup>1</sup>
 
**Part 80 (Maritime)
 
**Part 80 (Maritime)
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**'''[http://www.hallikainen.com/FccRules/2020/90/index.php Part 90]'''
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**'''[http://www.hallikainen.com/FccRules/2019/90/index.php Part 90]'''
 
::<sup>1</sup>- ''While Media Two Way Radio users have their own licenses, those licenses are actually childs to the parent broadcast license associated with the station. Licenses are renwed when the broadcast license is renewed, and likewise, revoked should the broadcast license also be revoked.''
 
::<sup>1</sup>- ''While Media Two Way Radio users have their own licenses, those licenses are actually childs to the parent broadcast license associated with the station. Licenses are renwed when the broadcast license is renewed, and likewise, revoked should the broadcast license also be revoked.''
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*'''Federal Information Processing System (FIPS)''', are codes which are used by several federal agencies (such as The National Weather Service and NOAA), the Emergency Alerting System (EAS), and Wireless Emergency Alert Activations (WEA). '''[[FIPS|They are listed here]].'''
 
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*''<u>Disclaimer: Scan New England is not an FCC consultant. Information obtained from this page is for personal, private use only. Please see our [http://www.scan-ne.net/TOS Terms of Service] for site use</u>''
 
*''<u>Disclaimer: Scan New England is not an FCC consultant. Information obtained from this page is for personal, private use only. Please see our [http://www.scan-ne.net/TOS Terms of Service] for site use</u>''
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|[[FCC_UHF_ T-Band Channel 16|"T-Band" Channel 16 Band Channel Plan]]||
 
|[[FCC_UHF_ T-Band Channel 16|"T-Band" Channel 16 Band Channel Plan]]||
 
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|[https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/General_Menu_Reports/ FCC General Menu Reports]|| (Often out of service)
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|[https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/General_Menu_Reports/ FCC General Menu Reports]|| (Often out of service) ([https://selafoss.fcc.gov/General_Menu_Reports/index.cfm Backup Link])
 
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|[https://www.scan-ne.net/sne/app.php/nefd Scan New England FCC Database]||
 
|[https://www.scan-ne.net/sne/app.php/nefd Scan New England FCC Database]||
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|[https://www.fccinfo.com/cmdpro.php?sz=L&wd=1440 Broadcast FCC license lookup]||
 
|[https://www.fccinfo.com/cmdpro.php?sz=L&wd=1440 Broadcast FCC license lookup]||
 
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|[https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/ Radio Reference]||RR Maintains a FCC lookup tool, that's free to all.
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|[https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/NIFOG%20Ver%201.6.1A.pdf DHS NIFOG]||ver 1.6.1a
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|[https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/ Radio Reference]||RR Maintains a FCC lookup tool, but only available to subscribers.
 
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*T-Band, short for "Television Band" is a series of frequencies between 470-512 MHz, used by TV channels 14-20, assigned to 13 large metropolitan areas in the country.
 
*T-Band, short for "Television Band" is a series of frequencies between 470-512 MHz, used by TV channels 14-20, assigned to 13 large metropolitan areas in the country.
 
*The FCC prohibited new broadcast licenses from 470-512 MHz within 150 miles of any of the 13 cities listed below.
 
*The FCC prohibited new broadcast licenses from 470-512 MHz within 150 miles of any of the 13 cities listed below.
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*In 1996, with the act that provisioned (required) broadcast television stations to broadcast a second, ATSC (digital TV) "companion channel", the prohibition of new Channels 14-20 in those markets was revoked.
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*With the act that provisioned (required) broadcast television stations to broadcast a second, ATSC (digital TV) "companion channel", the prohibition of new Channels 14-20 in those markets was revoked.
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*Recently the FCC had announced the plan to revoke the use of T-Band for Land Mobile users. However objections by the NYPD and APCO may reverse this decision.
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*Previous congressional acts had threatened to force the FCC to auction off the T-Band, thus revoking the rights for Part 90 use. However in December 2020, President Donald Trump signed a Omnibus bill that repealed the auction, preventing the auction of the T-Band. The FCC ruling order officially terminated the auction on [https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21-52A1.pdf January 13, 2021](pdf) under order DA 21-52A1.
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*The specific allocation rules for the T-Band frequencies falls under FCC [http://www.hallikainen.com/FccRules/2019/90/311/ 47 CFR 90.311.]
  
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!Metropolitan area.
 
!TV Channel
 
!TV Channel
 
!Frequency Range
 
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!Metropolitan areas.
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!Notes
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||Boston||14||470.00000-475.98750||
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||Boston||16||482.00000-487.98750||
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||Chicago||14||470.00000-475.98750||
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||Chicago||15||476.00000-481.98750||
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||Cleveland||14||470.00000-475.98750||
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||Cleveland||15||476.00000-481.98750||
 
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||14||470 - 476 MHz||Boston, MA., Chicago, IL., Cleveland, OH<sup>2</sup>., Los Angeles, CA., Miami, FL., New York, NY., Pittsburg, PA.
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||Dallas-Ft. Worth||16||482.00000-487.98750||
 
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||15||476 - 482 MHz||Chicago, IL., Cleveland, OH<sup>2</sup>., Detroit, MI<sup>2</sup>., New York, NY.
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||Detroit||15||476.00000-481.98750||
 
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||16||482 - 488 MHz||Boston, MA., Dallas-Ft Worth, TX., Detroit, MI<sup>2</sup>., Los Angeles, CA., New York, NY., San Francisco (Bay Area), CA.
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||Detroit||16||482.00000-487.98750 ||
 
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||17||488 - 494 MHz||Houston, TX., San Francisco (Bay Area), CA., Washington DC (Capital Area).
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||Houston||17||488.00000-491.98750||
 
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||18||494 - 500 MHz||Pittsburgh, PA., Washington DC (Capital Area).
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||Los Angeles||14||470.30625-475.98750||
 
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||19||500 - 506 MHz||Philadelphia, PA.
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||Los Angeles||16||482.30625-487.98750||Frequencies are only available to Public Safety Pool Eligibles
 
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||20||506 - 512 MHz||Los Angeles, CA., Philadelphia, PA.
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||Los Angeles||20||506.30625-511.98750||
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Sorted by Metro Area
 
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{{MediumtableNG}}
 
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!Metropolitan area.
 
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!Frequency Range (TV Channel)
 
 
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||Boston||470-476 (14), 482-488 (16)
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||Miami||14||470.00000-475.98750||
 
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||Chicago||470-476 (14), 476-482 (15)
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||New York City ||14||470.00000-475.98750||
 
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||Cleveland <sup>2</sup>||470-476 (14), 476-482 (15)
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||New York City ||15||476.30625-481.98750||
 
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||Dallas-Ft. Worth||482-488 (16)
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||New York City||16||482.00000-487.98750||
 
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||Detroit <sup>2</sup>||476-482 (15), 482-488 (16)
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||New York City||19||500.00000-505.98750||Special Allotment for Nassau County per [https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-02-1771A1.pdf DA-02-1771A1] only.
 
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||Houston||488-492 (17)
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||Philadelphia||19||500.30625-505.98750||
 
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||Los Angeles||470-476 (14), 482-488 (16), 506-512 (20)
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||Philadelphia||20||506.30625-511.98750||
 
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||Miami||470-476 (14)
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||Pittsburgh||14||470.30625-475.98750||
 
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||New York||470-476 (14), 476-482 (15), 482-488 (16)
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||Pittsburgh||18||494.00000-499.98750||
 
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||Philadelphia||500-506 (19), 506-512 (20)
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||San Francisco (Bay Area)||16||482.30625-487.98750||
 
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||Pittsburgh||470-476 (14), 494-500 (18)
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||San Francisco (Bay Area)||17||488.00000-493.98750||
 
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||San Francisco (Bay Area)||482-488 (16), 488-492 (17)
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||Washington, DC (Capital Area)||17||488.30625-493.98750||
 
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||Washington, DC (Capital Area)||488-494 (17), 494-500 (18)
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||Washington, DC (Capital Area)||18||494.30625-499.98750||
 
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==='''Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit special allotment'''===
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* <sup>2</sup>- In addition to the above table, the FCC has allocated "non federal" special frequency allocations to the following areas:
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*In addition to the above table, the FCC has allocated "non federal" special frequency allocations.
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*Cleveland and Detroit have a larger frequency pool in this table than does Buffalo
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*Frequencies in the pools are for public safety or business.
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*These allocations fall under [http://www.hallikainen.com/FccRules/2019/90/273/ FCC 47 CFR 90.273]
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*The allocations are as follows:
 
{{Mediumtable}}
 
{{Mediumtable}}
 
!City
 
!City
 
!Frequency Range
 
!Frequency Range
 
!Reference
 
!Reference
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!Notes
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|Cleveland|||422.19375 - 424.99375 MHz||80.5kM (50 Mi) of 41° 29' 51.2" N, 81° 41' 49.5" W||Repeater Output or Simplex
 
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|Cleveland|||422.1875-425.4875 MHz||80.5kM (50 Mi) of 41° 29' 51.2" N, 81° 41' 49.5" W
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|Cleveland||427.19375 - 429.99375 MHZ||80.5kM (50 Mi) of 41° 29' 51.2" N, 81° 41' 49.5" W||Repeater Input or Simplex
 
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|Cleveland||427.1875-429.9875 MHz||80.5kM (50 Mi) of 41° 29' 51.2" N, 81° 41' 49.5" W
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|Cleveland||425.00000 - 425.48125 MHZ||80.5kM (50 Mi) of 41° 29' 51.2" N, 81° 41' 49.5" W||Simplex Only
 
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|Detroit||422.1875-425.4875 MHz||80.5kM (50 Mi) of 42° 19' 48.1" N, 83° 02' 56.7" W
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|Detroit||422.19375 - 424.99375 MHz||80.5kM (50 Mi) of 42° 19' 48.1" N, 83° 02' 56.7" W||Repeater Output or Simplex
 
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|Detroit||427.1875-429.9875 MHz||80.5kM (50 Mi) of 42° 19' 48.1" N, 83° 02' 56.7" W
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|Detroit||427.19375 - 429.99375 MHz||80.5kM (50 Mi) of 42° 19' 48.1" N, 83° 02' 56.7" W||Repeater Input or Simplex
 
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|Buffalo||423.8125-425.4875 MHz||80.5kM (50 Mi) of 42° 52' 52.2" N, 78° 52' 20.1" W
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|Detroit||425.00000 - 425.48125 MHZ||80.5kM (50 Mi) of 42° 19' 48.1" N, 83° 02' 56.7" W||Simplex Only
 
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|Buffalo||428.8125-429.9875 MHz||80.5kM (50 Mi) of 42° 52' 52.2" N, 78° 52' 20.1" W
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|Buffalo||423.81875 - 424.99375 MHz||80.5kM (50 Mi) of 42° 52' 52.2" N, 78° 52' 20.1" W||Repeater Output or Simplex
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|Buffalo||428.81875 - 429.99375 MHz||80.5kM (50 Mi) of 42° 52' 52.2" N, 78° 52' 20.1" W||Repeater Input or Simplex
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|Buffalo||425.00000 - 425.48125 MHZ||80.5kM (50 Mi) of 42° 52' 52.2" N, 78° 52' 20.1" W||Simplex Only
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|}
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=='''166.2500 / 170.1500'''==
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*Frequencies 166.2500 and 170.1500 are special use. In some parts of our area, they are public safety, others are broadcast.
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*Broadcasters are the primary users under Part 74.  See the specific rule below.
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*Per FCC rule [http://www.hallikainen.com/FccRules/2014/74/402/index.php FCC 47 CFR 74.402(e)(8)]
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{{mediumtable}}
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|Operation on frequencies 166.2500 MHz and 170.1500 MHz is subject to the condition that harmful interference shall not be caused to present or future Government stations in the band 162-174 MHz and is also subject to the bandwidth and tolerance limitations and compliance deadlines listed in § 74.462 of this part. Authorization on these frequencies shall be in the lower 48 contiguous States only, except within the area bounded on the west by the Mississippi River, on the north by the parallel of latitude 37DEG30' N., and on the east and south by that arc of the circle with center at Springfield, Illinois, and radius equal to the airline distance between Springfield, Illinois, and Montgomery, Alabama, subtended between the foregoing west and north boundaries, or <u>within 150 miles (241.4 km) of New York City.</u>
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
(Source [https://www.scan-ne.net/files/fcctable.pdf FCC spectrum table (pdf)])
 
(Source [https://www.scan-ne.net/files/fcctable.pdf FCC spectrum table (pdf)])

Latest revision as of 14:10, 7 October 2024

Federal Communications Commission Information

The following is an index of links and pages for FCC information.

  • Typically FCC licensing for Two Way Radio (known as "Land Mobile") falls under the following provisions:
1- While Media Two Way Radio users have their own licenses, those licenses are actually childs to the parent broadcast license associated with the station. Licenses are renwed when the broadcast license is renewed, and likewise, revoked should the broadcast license also be revoked.

  • Federal Information Processing System (FIPS), are codes which are used by several federal agencies (such as The National Weather Service and NOAA), the Emergency Alerting System (EAS), and Wireless Emergency Alert Activations (WEA). They are listed here.

  • Disclaimer: Scan New England is not an FCC consultant. Information obtained from this page is for personal, private use only. Please see our Terms of Service for site use
Table of contents -

FCC Information

Link Notes
VHF Low Band Channel Plan
VHF High Band Channel Plan
UHF High Band Channel Plan
"T-Band" Channel 14 Band Channel Plan
"T-Band" Channel 15 Band Channel Plan
"T-Band" Channel 16 Band Channel Plan
FCC General Menu Reports (Often out of service) (Backup Link)
Scan New England FCC Database
FCC Emissions Designators from APCO
FCC's Universal Licensing System
Broadcast FCC license lookup
DHS NIFOG ver 1.6.1a
Radio Reference RR Maintains a FCC lookup tool, but only available to subscribers.

T-Band

  • T-Band, short for "Television Band" is a series of frequencies between 470-512 MHz, used by TV channels 14-20, assigned to 13 large metropolitan areas in the country.
  • The FCC prohibited new broadcast licenses from 470-512 MHz within 150 miles of any of the 13 cities listed below.
  • With the act that provisioned (required) broadcast television stations to broadcast a second, ATSC (digital TV) "companion channel", the prohibition of new Channels 14-20 in those markets was revoked.
  • Previous congressional acts had threatened to force the FCC to auction off the T-Band, thus revoking the rights for Part 90 use. However in December 2020, President Donald Trump signed a Omnibus bill that repealed the auction, preventing the auction of the T-Band. The FCC ruling order officially terminated the auction on January 13, 2021(pdf) under order DA 21-52A1.
  • The specific allocation rules for the T-Band frequencies falls under FCC 47 CFR 90.311.
Metropolitan area. TV Channel Frequency Range Notes
Boston 14 470.00000-475.98750
Boston 16 482.00000-487.98750
Chicago 14 470.00000-475.98750
Chicago 15 476.00000-481.98750
Cleveland 14 470.00000-475.98750
Cleveland 15 476.00000-481.98750
Dallas-Ft. Worth 16 482.00000-487.98750
Detroit 15 476.00000-481.98750
Detroit 16 482.00000-487.98750
Houston 17 488.00000-491.98750
Los Angeles 14 470.30625-475.98750
Los Angeles 16 482.30625-487.98750 Frequencies are only available to Public Safety Pool Eligibles
Los Angeles 20 506.30625-511.98750
Miami 14 470.00000-475.98750
New York City 14 470.00000-475.98750
New York City 15 476.30625-481.98750
New York City 16 482.00000-487.98750
New York City 19 500.00000-505.98750 Special Allotment for Nassau County per DA-02-1771A1 only.
Philadelphia 19 500.30625-505.98750
Philadelphia 20 506.30625-511.98750
Pittsburgh 14 470.30625-475.98750
Pittsburgh 18 494.00000-499.98750
San Francisco (Bay Area) 16 482.30625-487.98750
San Francisco (Bay Area) 17 488.00000-493.98750
Washington, DC (Capital Area) 17 488.30625-493.98750
Washington, DC (Capital Area) 18 494.30625-499.98750

Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit special allotment

  • In addition to the above table, the FCC has allocated "non federal" special frequency allocations.
  • Cleveland and Detroit have a larger frequency pool in this table than does Buffalo
  • Frequencies in the pools are for public safety or business.
  • These allocations fall under FCC 47 CFR 90.273
  • The allocations are as follows:
City Frequency Range Reference Notes
Cleveland 422.19375 - 424.99375 MHz 80.5kM (50 Mi) of 41° 29' 51.2" N, 81° 41' 49.5" W Repeater Output or Simplex
Cleveland 427.19375 - 429.99375 MHZ 80.5kM (50 Mi) of 41° 29' 51.2" N, 81° 41' 49.5" W Repeater Input or Simplex
Cleveland 425.00000 - 425.48125 MHZ 80.5kM (50 Mi) of 41° 29' 51.2" N, 81° 41' 49.5" W Simplex Only
Detroit 422.19375 - 424.99375 MHz 80.5kM (50 Mi) of 42° 19' 48.1" N, 83° 02' 56.7" W Repeater Output or Simplex
Detroit 427.19375 - 429.99375 MHz 80.5kM (50 Mi) of 42° 19' 48.1" N, 83° 02' 56.7" W Repeater Input or Simplex
Detroit 425.00000 - 425.48125 MHZ 80.5kM (50 Mi) of 42° 19' 48.1" N, 83° 02' 56.7" W Simplex Only
Buffalo 423.81875 - 424.99375 MHz 80.5kM (50 Mi) of 42° 52' 52.2" N, 78° 52' 20.1" W Repeater Output or Simplex
Buffalo 428.81875 - 429.99375 MHz 80.5kM (50 Mi) of 42° 52' 52.2" N, 78° 52' 20.1" W Repeater Input or Simplex
Buffalo 425.00000 - 425.48125 MHZ 80.5kM (50 Mi) of 42° 52' 52.2" N, 78° 52' 20.1" W Simplex Only

166.2500 / 170.1500

  • Frequencies 166.2500 and 170.1500 are special use. In some parts of our area, they are public safety, others are broadcast.
  • Broadcasters are the primary users under Part 74. See the specific rule below.
  • Per FCC rule FCC 47 CFR 74.402(e)(8)
Operation on frequencies 166.2500 MHz and 170.1500 MHz is subject to the condition that harmful interference shall not be caused to present or future Government stations in the band 162-174 MHz and is also subject to the bandwidth and tolerance limitations and compliance deadlines listed in § 74.462 of this part. Authorization on these frequencies shall be in the lower 48 contiguous States only, except within the area bounded on the west by the Mississippi River, on the north by the parallel of latitude 37DEG30' N., and on the east and south by that arc of the circle with center at Springfield, Illinois, and radius equal to the airline distance between Springfield, Illinois, and Montgomery, Alabama, subtended between the foregoing west and north boundaries, or within 150 miles (241.4 km) of New York City.

(Source FCC spectrum table (pdf))

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