SECTION 11—FCC INFORMATION
11.2
11.1 KA-BAND ANTENNA INFORMATION
The Raptor RP-1 with Ka-Band antenna has been tested
and found to comply with the limits pursuant to Part 90 of
FCC Rules. The FCC Commission has eliminated the
requirement for local governmental entities licensed in the
Public Safety Radio services to obtain a separate
authorization for radar speed detection devices.
This change reduces paperwork for the Commission’s
licensing staff and for police and other local government
units, which no longer have to apply for new radar
authorizations or modify or renew existing licenses and
may operate speed detection devices as part of their
base/mobile communications systems.
To provide the Commission with a record of such units in
use, the licensees are required to list the number of speed
detection units and the frequencies on which they operate at
the time of renewal of their land mobile authorization.
Ordinarily, this would be once every five years and would
not be a significant addition to the renewal process, the
Commission noted.
This action became effective February 1, 1983.
If the owning department does not hold a Public Safety
Radio license, but is dispatched by another agency, the
owning department will need to obtain a Public Safety
Radio license from the FCC. Filing FCC form 601 and
obtaining a separate license will be required before placing
the radar into service. FCC forms and other information
needed may be obtained from the FCC website,
www.FCC.gov
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