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FCC Proposals Lack Engineering Support, NAB Says

Many FCC proposals to relax rules for unlicensed uses in the TV band “lack sound engineering support,” NAB told an aide to Commissioner Ajit Pai Wednesday, according to an ex parte filing posted online in docket 12-268 Friday. Proposals to…

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allow fixed devices to use channels adjacent to TV channels don't account for the different interference characteristics of portable and fixed devices, NAB said. The FCC's proposal on a search for additional spectrum in which to place wireless microphones doesn't address “the urgent need for some reserved spectrum for licensed wireless microphones in all markets,” NAB said.