PROS Ltd Forms and Information

PROS Ltd Form 601 Worksheet

Primary 601 worksheet in PDF fillable format

Microsoft Word Format, zipped

HTML format

Draft Letters of Concurrences/Non-interference (zipped, MS doc format)

Letter of Concurrence

Letter of Non-Interference

 

PROS LTD Frequency Information (notes and information about specific FCC frequency allocations)

PROS Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Important Technical Questions

Advent Ltd consulting company

Acquiring Technology: A Pragmatic Open Approach

(Guidance for sourcing a quality Public Safety Communications System.)

 

FCC Rules and Forms

FCC Part 90 Rules for 2005 - (Complete rules in one PDF file, about 2 megs.  The 2006 version has been posted, but the only substantial changes from 2005 is in the 800 MHz section)

Post Rebanding rules for 800 MHz (2006 Part 90 Subpart "S")

FCC Part 90 Rules 2006 by paragraph - (Index in text and pdf format, by section.  You can download any paragraph of the rules by itself)

Part 90 Rules by Section or special application:

420 to 430 MHz (pdf)

470 to 512 MHz (pdf)

200-220 MHz (pdf)

700 MHz (pdf)

800/900 MHz (pdf)

Paging Operations (pdf)

Trunking Below 512 MHz (pdf)

VHF and UHF Low Power Pool (pdf)

Other important FCC rulings:

UHF Airport Terminal Channels ruling (FCC 5-16A)

Coordination of restricted pool Business Channels (IW, IP, LA, LR) (DA 02-1319 dated June 6th 2002)

Mandatory Narrow-banding to 12.5 or 15 kHz channels (WTB Order FCC 04-292)

FCC Form 601 - (November 2006 edition.  Includes the main form, all schedules and instructions.  2.5 megs in pdf format).

FCC Form 601 - (same as above in MS Word format)

FCC download page for Form 601, with instructions.

FCC Form 603 Assignment of Authorization / Transfer of Control instructions and form

FCC Rules and Procedures (Part 1 of CFR 47, 2005 - Administrative rules for the FCC by section)

FCC Part 17 Construction, Marking and Lighting of Antenna Structures.

FCC Part 18 ISM Regulations http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_06/47cfr18_06.html

FCC Part 22 Public Mobile Services (Paging, Radiotelephone: Rural, Air-Ground, Cellular, Offshore)

FCC Part 22 Public Mobile Services (complete pdf file)

FCC Part 21 Domestic Public Fixed Radio Services (last published in 2004.  Incorporated into Part 101)

FCC Part 87 Aviation Services (2006). Complete pdf file of entire rule section.

FCC Part 101 Fixed Microwave Services (2005)

FCC Part 101 Fixed Microwave Services (2005 complete pdf file)

800 MHz Information

Post Rebanding rules for 800 MHz (2006 Part 90 Subpart "S")

PROS Old vs New 800 MHz Rebanding plan - (53 kb in zip format)

800 MHz Freeze Regions and Dates

NPSPAC Regions (National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee)

800 MHz Freeze Announcements:

Wave 1

Wave 2

Wave 3

Wave 4

FAA Information

FAA Obstruction Evaluation Study login page.

AC 70 7460 1K Obstruction Marking and Lighting (3 meg pdf file.  Dated Jan 2007)

AC 70 7460 2K Proposed Construction Or Alterations (600 kb pdf file.  Dated 2000)

CFR 14 Part 77 Objects Affecting Navigable Airspace (2006 federal regulations, the most current)

No Notice Required Tool (similar to the FCC's TOWAir determination)

Search for FAA Determination in a circle around a location.

Trunking Technical Information

DA 01-2852 (December 7, 2001) Monitoring Levels for 150-470 Trunked Systems

Trunking Theory 101

Trunking Below 470 MHz Presentation (1.4MB)

Trunked Radio Systems Capacity (single site) (109.3KB)

LTR FAQs (639.9KB)

LTR Trunking Technical Explanation (from www.virtualcomm.com, which now seems to be defunct)

MPT 1327 Trunking Protocol (900 KB pdf file)

MAP 27 Mobile Access Protocol for MPT 1327 (180 kb zipped doc file)

Quick and Dirty MPT

Motorola MPT 1327 systems.

Motorola MPT Mobiles

Motorola MPT Portables

EDACS Explained (180 kb pdf)

P25 (Project 25) Interest Group

Daniel Electronics P25 Information (P25 Radio Systems Training Guide is an excellent general source information documents about P25 radio systems)

TETRA Information (the European P25 equivalent)

Motorola ASTRO trunked systems (from the Motorola website)

Overview of Motorola Trunking Systems

Motorola Smartnet brochure download site

Propagation Software

Radio Mobile (Free RF Propagation Software)

RF System Design and Engineering

RF Communications - A Non Technical Approach - (1.4 meg pdf file by Decibel Products Corp. Years ago Decibel Products published a series of pamphlets on systems engineering topics. The topics included Base Station Antennas, Combiners, Selective Cavities, Duplexers, RF Transmission Lines and Lightning. All the pamphlets were combined into a single PDF document titled "RF Communications - A Non-Technical Approach". This document should be required reading for anyone wanting to learn about antenna systems.)

Everything about combiners and filters - (EMR Corp has one of the best collections of general technical information about combiners, duplexers, and mulitcouplers available for free download on their site).

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