August 17, 2015
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has added more teeth to its edict requiring business radio users to migrate to narrow band frequencies. If you have not heard of narrowbanding before, FCC regulations mandate that all “Part 90” business, education, industrial, public safety; and local and state government two-way radio system licensees currently operating legacy wideband (25 kHz) radio systems must make the transition to the narrowband technology (12.5 kHz).
With the narrowband conversion deadline of January 2013 fading into memory, the FCC is now telling coordinator companies who assign radio frequencies that they can ignore any frequencies assigned to licenses that have not been migrated to narrowband. That means if you have an old analog radio licensed for wideband and have not migrated to narrowband, your assigned frequencies can be handed over to someone else.
Narrow Band Frequencies are now essential