**DA 00-1364**

**June 21, 2000**

**CLARIFICATION OF**

**LICENSES TO BE AUCTIONED FOR**

**800 MHz SPECIALIZED MOBILE RADIO (SMR) SERVICE**

IN THE GENERAL CATEGORY BAND (851-854 MHz)

**Report No. AUC-00-34-D (Auction No. 34 )**

The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau ("Bureau") issued a *Public
Notice* on May 17, 2000, that set forth the filing requirements, minimum
opening bids, and other procedural matters to govern Auction No. 34.[^1]
The Bureau issues this public notice to clarify the General Category
channels that will be available for use by licensees of spectrum blocks
within the Economic Areas (EAs) located near the Canadian and Mexican
borders.

The licenses available in this auction consist of six contiguous 25
channel blocks (1.25 MHz) in each of 172 EAs and 3 EA-like areas,
covering the United States, possessions or territories in the Northern
Mariana Islands and Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin
Islands and Puerto Rico. These licenses are referenced in Attachment A
of the *Auction No. 34 Announcing Public Notice.*

The following table contains the Block/Frequency Band Limits
Cross-Reference List for the 800 SMR General Category Channels:

**800 MHz SMR General Category Channels**

851-854 MHz

+----------+------------------------+----------------------------------+
| License  | Channel No.            | Frequencies                      |
| Suffix   |                        |                                  |
|          |                        | (Base & Mobile)                  |
+----------+------------------------+----------------------------------+
| D        | 1 through 25           | 851.0125 through 851.6125        |
|          |                        |                                  |
|          |                        | 806.0125 through 806.6125        |
+----------+------------------------+----------------------------------+
| DD       | 26 through 50          | 851.6375 through 852.2375        |
|          |                        |                                  |
|          |                        | 806.6375 through 807.2375        |
+----------+------------------------+----------------------------------+
| E        | 51 through 75          | 852.2625 through 852.8625        |
|          |                        |                                  |
|          |                        | 807.2625 through 807.8625        |
+----------+------------------------+----------------------------------+
| EE       | 76 through 100         | 852.8875 through 853.4875        |
|          |                        |                                  |
|          |                        | 807.8875 through 808.4875        |
+----------+------------------------+----------------------------------+
| F        | 101 through 125        | 853.5125 through 854.1125        |
|          |                        |                                  |
|          |                        | 808.5125 through 809.1125        |
+----------+------------------------+----------------------------------+
| FF       | 126 through 150        | 854.1375 through 854.7375        |
|          |                        |                                  |
|          |                        | 809.1375 through 809.7375        |
+----------+------------------------+----------------------------------+

By this Public Notice, the Bureau clarifies that the allocation of
channels available in Spectrum Blocks D through FF are different in the
U.S./Mexico and U.S./Canada border areas than noted in the above table.
The tables listed below indicate the channels assignable in the border
areas[^2]. Please note that the channels listed for the U.S./Mexico are
offset 12.5 kHz lower in frequency than the same channel specified in
§90.613.

**UNITED STATES‑MEXICO BORDER AREA, SMR AND GENERAL CATEGORIES**

General Category (12 Channels)

  ------------ ----------------------- ----------------------------------
  **Spectrum   **Auction 34            **Offset Channel Nos.**
  Block**      Designation**           

  D            D                       275,315

  D1           DD                      355,395

  E            E                       276,316

  E1           EE                      356,396

  F            F                       277,317

  F1           FF                      357,397
  ------------ ----------------------- ----------------------------------

**UNITED STATES -- CANADA BORDER AREA, SMR AND GENERAL CATEGORIES**

**\[Regions 1, 4, 5, 6\]**

General Category (5 Channels)

  ------------ ----------------------- ----------------------------------
  **Spectrum   **Auction 34            **Channel Nos.**
  Block**      Designation**           

  D            D                       None

  D1           DD                      30

  E            E                       60

  E1           EE                      90

  F            F                       120

  F1           FF                      150
  ------------ ----------------------- ----------------------------------

**\[Region 2\]**

General Category (5 Channels)

  ------------ ----------------------- ----------------------------------
  **Spectrum   **Auction 34            **Channel Nos.**
  Block**      Designation**           

  D            D                       18

  D1           DD                      36

  E            E                       54,72

  E1           EE                      90

  F            F                       None

  F1           FF                      None
  ------------ ----------------------- ----------------------------------

**\[Region 3\]**

General Category (15 Channels)

  ------------ ----------------------- ----------------------------------
  **Spectrum   **Auction 34            **Channel Nos.**
  Block**      Designation**           

  D            D                       38,39,40

  D1           DD                      158,159

  E            E                       78,79,80

  E1           EE                      160,198

  F            F                       118,119,120

  F1           FF                      199,200
  ------------ ----------------------- ----------------------------------

**\[Region 7, 8\]**

General Category (18 Channels)

  ------------- ----------------------- ----------------------------------
  **Spectrum    **Auction 34            **Channel Nos.**
  Block**       Designation**           

  D             D                       35,36,37

  D1            DD                      38,39,40

  E             E                       75,76,77

  E1            EE                      78,79,80

  F             F                       115,116,117

  F1            FF                      118,119,120
  ------------- ----------------------- ----------------------------------

For further information, contact Kathy Garland or Bob Reagle, Auction
Operations at (717) 338-2801 or Terry Fishel, Commercial Wireless
Division, at (717) 338-2602.

[^1]: *See* Auction of Licenses for the 800 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio
    (SMR) Service in the General Category Band (851-854 MHz) and Upper
    Band (861-865 MHz), Auction Notice and Filing Requirements for 1,053
    Licenses in the 800 MHz SMR Service for the General Category
    Auction, Auction Rescheduled from August 23, 2000 to August 16,
    2000, Minimum Opening Bids and Other Procedural Issues, ("*Auction
    No. 34 Announcing Public Notice* ") (rel. May 17, 2000).

[^2]: *See* 47 C.F.R. §90.619(a)(5) Table 4A, (b)(8) Table12, (b)(9)
    Table 16, (b)(10) Table 20, and (b)(11) Table 24. See also Amendment
    of Part 90 of the Commission's Rules to Facilitate Future
    Development of SMR Systems in the 800 MHz Frequency Band, PR Docket
    No. 93-144, *Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration,* FCC
    99-270, 14 FCC Rcd. 17556 (1999) (*"800 MHz Order on
    Reconsideration")*.