Towerstream must forfeit $202,000 for willfully and repeatedly...
Towerstream must forfeit $202,000 for willfully and repeatedly generating “unacceptable and potentially life threatening” interference to the Federal Aviation Administration’s Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR), the FCC said Tuesday. Towerstream had faced repeated FCC warnings and enforcement actions since 2009…
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for generating interference via its Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (U-NII) transmission systems at the Empire State Building in New York City and the Four Seasons building in Miami. The systems interfered with TDWR stations at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Miami International Airport, the FCC said. The FCC found Towerstream operated radio transmitters without a license and caused harmful interference in violation of Sections 301 and 333 of the Communications Act of 1934. Towerstream must pay the $202,000 to the FCC within 30 days or formally ask for cancellation of the forfeiture. Towerstream must also submit a written statement to the FCC within 30 days showing that the company has implemented a 30 MHz guard band around TDWR center frequencies for all U-NII devices within 35 kilometers or the line of sight of a TDWR system (http://bit.ly/19LvgJH). Towerstream did not immediately comment.