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System Interference Questionnaire

 

Members of the public safety, commercial services industry, and manufacturers formed a joint task force to identify the scope and nature of the growing trend of interference caused by localized placement of commercial service transmitters. The problem has been associated with commercial ESMR operations, but has also been identified with cellular operations as well. It has been shown that several forms of cellular type operations are causing "holes" in the normal coverage patterns of existing public safety radio systems.

If your public safety radio system or one that you are familiar with is experiencing such a problem, the FCC mandated the creation of a central interference notification process to be created by the commercial carrier industry.  There is an Online Notification Website located at  http://www.publicsafety800mhzinterference.com following this text. This website is a vehicle for complaints of radio interference in the 800 MHz spectrum band. Public safety, critical infrastructure industries, and B/ILT 800 MHz licensees can use this site to submit a report to local wireless carriers about a particular interference incident. Carriers operating within 5000 feet of the reported interference will investigate, and those responsible for any harmful interference will take action to resolve it.

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