Wireless Medical Telemetry Service Frequency Bands
- Medical telemetry equipment will share, with radio astronomy, the 608-614 MHz (TV channel 37) band.
- Medical telemetry devices will have primary status on the 1395-1400 MHz and the 1429-1432 MHz bands, pending the gradual phase out of certain government radar sites.
In the band 1390-1400 MHz, government operations at 17 sites identified below, with latitude/longitude (km), will be continued on a fully protected basis until Jan. 1, 2009. The sites have an 80 km radius. They are:
- Eglin Air Force Base, FL, 30 deg.28’N/086 deg.31’W;
- Fort Greely, AK, 63 deg.47’N/145 deg.52’W;
- Dugway PG, UT, 40 deg.11’N/112 deg.53’W;
- Fort Rucker, AL, 31 deg.13’N/085 deg.49’W;
- China Lake, CA, 35 deg.41’N/117 deg.41’W;
- Redstone, AL, 34 deg.35’N/086 deg.35’W;
- Fort Huachuca, AZ, 31 deg.33’N/110 deg.18’W;
- Utah Test Range, UT, 40 deg.57’N/113 deg.05’W;
- Cherry Point, NC, 34 deg.57’N/076 deg.56’W;
- WSM Range, NM, 32 deg.10’N/106 deg.21’W;
- Patuxent River, MD, 38 deg.17’N/076 deg.25’W;
- Holloman Air Force Base, NM, 33 deg.29’N/106 deg.50’W;
- Aberdeen PG, MD, 39 deg.29’N/076 deg.08’W;
- Yuma, AZ, 32 deg.29’N/114 deg.20’W;
- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH, 39 deg.50’N/084 deg.03’W;
- Pacific Missile Range, 34 deg.07’N/119 deg.30’W;
- Edwards Air Force Base, CA, 34 deg.54’N/117 deg.53’W.
In the band 1429-1432 MHz, government operations, at 14 sites identified below, with latitude/longitude (km) and radius (km), will be continued on a fully protected basis until Jan.1, 2004:
- Patuxent River, MD, 38 deg.17’N/076 deg.25’W, 70;
- Mountain Home Air Force Base, ID, 43 deg.01’N/ 115 deg.50’W, 160;
- NAS Oceana, VA, 36 deg.49’N/076 deg.02’W, 100;
- NAS Fallon, NV, 39 deg.24’N/118 deg.43’W, 100;
- MCAS Cherry Point, NC, 34 deg.54’N/076 deg.52’W, 100;
- Nellis Air Force Base, NV, 36 deg.14’N/115 deg.02’W, 100;
- Beaufort MCAS, SC, 32 deg.26’N/080 deg.40’W, 160;
- NAS Lemore, CA, 36 deg.18’N/119 deg.47’W, 120;
- NAS Cecil Field, FL, 30 deg.13’N/081 deg.52’W, 160;
- Yuma MCAS, AZ, 32 deg.39’N/114 deg.35’W, 160;
- NAS Whidbey IS, WA, 48 deg.19’N/122 deg. 24’W, 70;
- China Lake, CA, 35 deg.29’N/117 deg.16’W, 80;
- Yakima Firing Center AAF, WA, 46 deg.40’N/120 deg.15’W, 70;
- MCAS Twenty Nine Palms, CA, 34 deg.15’N/116 deg.03’W, 80.
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