700MHz Regional Planning Committee

Region 35 Oregon

 

APPENDIX AA

 

 

NOTIFICATION OF COMMENCEMENT OF PLANNING PROCESS

 

 

 

Secondary LPTV and/or TV Translator Station and Call Sign

Address

 

 

To Whom It May Concern:

 

This letter serves as formal notification of the commencement of the 700 MHz Regional Planning process for Region 35, State of Oregon.  By this letter, (TV Station Call sign/location) is put on notice that its operations are secondary to future, primary public safety land mobile operations.  Low power TV stations and TV translators may not cause interference to public safety operations and must accept any interference they might receive from those operations.^[1]  You will be notified when Region 35’s 700 MHz Plan has been approved by the FCC and again as public safety systems begin to be implemented in the band.

 

Sincerely,

 

Joe Kuran

Chairperson

Washington County Consolidated Communications Agency

17911 NW Evergreen Parkway

Beaverton, Or 97006

 

 

^[1] The Report and Order on ET Docket No. 97-157 (FCC 97-421) for the "Reallocation of Television Channels 60-69, the 746-806 MHz Band," clearly defined Land Mobile operations as a “primary service” and that Low power TV and TV translator operations are secondary to all primary services in this band (see paragraphs 14 and 25-31).

 

 

Michael Steiner

KATU-TV Portland, Oregon

Channel 2 - HDTV Channel 43

Remote Broadcast Engineer

(SBE) Frequency Coordinator

Mon-Fri 3am-11am