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Overview of 800 Mhz Reconfiguration:
Who Needs to Reconfigure?

Who Needs to Reconfigure?

Many 800 MHz systems, including public safety, Critical Infrastructure Industries (CII), Business and Industrial/Land Transportation (B/ILT), and commercial SMR systems operating in the 800 MHz Band will be required to relocate. Licensees in the 809-815/854-860 MHz interleaved band are not required to relocate. The following general guidelines apply:
Licensees currently in the 806-809 MHz/851-854 MHz Band (current "Channels 1-120") will be relocated.
NPSPAC licensees currently in the 821-824 MHz/866-869 MHz Band will be relocated.
Public safety systems currently operating in the newly created "Expansion Band" at 815-816 MHz/860-861MHz (812.5-813.5 MHz/857.5-858.5 MHz in the Southeastern U.S, except within a seventy-mile radius of Atlanta where it is located at 813-813.5MHz/ 858-858.5 MHz) will be relocated unless they elect to remain in the Expansion Band. The Expansion Band Election Form is located on the TA's website.
EA licensees who qualify and wish to operate ESMR systems may elect to relocate into or remain in the "ESMR Band" at 817-824 MHz/862-869 MHz (813.5-824 MHz/858.5-869 MHz in the Southeastern U.S.).
Licensees operating below 816 MHz/861 MHz may elect to relocate to the "Guard Band" at 816-817 MHz/861-862 MHz. The Guard Band Election Form is located on the TA's website.
Licensees currently operating on frequencies between 809-816 MHz/854-861 MHz may elect to relocate voluntarily to the Guard Band (816-817 MHz/861-862 MHz) at their own expense and after Sprint Nextel is no longer using the spectrum.
In the Appendix G area in the Southeastern U.S., licensees operating at 813.5-817 MHz/858.5-862 MHz may also be required to relocate.
B/ILT licensees currently located in the 809-813 MHz/854-858 MHz interleaved band within seventy miles of Atlanta may be relocated to the Expansion Band if necessary, which is located at 813-813.5 MHz/858-858.5 MHz in the Atlanta area.
As required by paragraph 30 of the MO&O, licensees who operate traditional "high-site" (non-ESMR) systems must be relocated out of the ESMR Band.
Licensees generally operating within 110 km (68.4 miles) of the Mexican border and 140 km (87 miles) of the Canadian border may also need to reconfigure. Details regarding border area reconfiguration requirements will be determined in the future and are subject to special border area frequency plans.

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