What are the current requirements for Frequency Hopping systems?
Response: The FCC has released the final requirements for Wide Band Frequency Hopper Systems operating under 15.247 on May 16th, 2002. Under the permanent rules these systems must use at least 15 hop non-overlapping hop channels and are limited to a maximum power output of 125mW plus 6dBi gain antenna. The commission has not made the requirement for adaptive hopping mandatory for these devices since it believes that this can best be addressed by the standard committees. Frequency hoppers hopping systems using 1 MHz wide bandwidth are not affected by this power reduction. FCC Updates General Spectrum Issues: The FCC recently closed the comment period on Public Notice 92-135 in which it was seeking comments on Spectrum Issues in general. The FCC Spectrum Task Force hopes to issue a full report by mid October on various spectrum issues. Please check www.fcc.gov for this report. Higher Frequencies: The FCC has released NPRM 02-142 addressing licensed and unlicensed operation in 71-76 GHz,
