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Wide-band to Narrow-band Migration

Is your customer's (or your) radio system ready for the required narrow-band conversion in 2012?

The FCC has mandated that all business VHF (150 MHz) and UHF (450 MHz) radio systems which have been licensed as "wide-band" (25 KHz) be converted to "narrow-band" (12.5 KHz). 

(For details, please see: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-04-292A1.pdf)

(For more details, please see: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-09-2589A1.pdf, particularly the section that mentions the Key Deadlines)

This mandate requires that ALL equipment utilizing wide-band services be upgraded to narrow-band by December 31, 2012 in order to continue legal use of your license.  In addition, your FCC license must be modified to reflect this change in technology.

We recommend the following process for the migration (in the order listed):

1.  Tell us which license(s) you'd like to have updated to narrowband. 

$200 per call sign for government licenses

$300 per call sign for private licenses

2. Gradually replace old or damaged wide-band radios with new, narrow-band radios, and reprogram any existing radios.

3.  Replace or reprogram any repeaters to operate in narrow-band mode.  Note:  Until your ENTIRE radio system including each and every radio and every repeater has been replaced and/or reprogrammed to operate in the narrow-band bandwidth, you are most likely still operating in wide-band mode.

Remember that 2012 is not that far away.  Get started today!