https://tmfassociates.com/blog/2016/03/09/2001-a-space-odyssey/ Satellites, spectrum and other stuff Tue, 03 Feb 2026 21:36:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 https://tmfassociates.com/blog/2016/03/09/2001-a-space-odyssey/comment-page-1/#comment-97588 TMF Associates blog » Viasat’s curious antenna issues Tue, 09 Jan 2018 21:54:25 +0000 http://tmfassociates.com/blog/?p=5704#comment-97588 [...] antennas are deemed so sensitive by Viasat when Harris themselves were happy to publish a mockup image back in 2016 (which has since been removed from their website) and the size of the antenna can easily be worked [...] [...] antennas are deemed so sensitive by Viasat when Harris themselves were happy to publish a mockup image back in 2016 (which has since been removed from their website) and the size of the antenna can easily be worked [...]

]]> https://tmfassociates.com/blog/2016/03/09/2001-a-space-odyssey/comment-page-1/#comment-81403 TMF Associates MSS blog » Finding the poison pill… Sun, 27 Mar 2016 22:41:17 +0000 http://tmfassociates.com/blog/?p=5704#comment-81403 [...] I noted after the Satellite 2016 conference a couple of weeks ago, the outline of an FCC compromise over Globalstar’s TLPS proposal has [...] [...] I noted after the Satellite 2016 conference a couple of weeks ago, the outline of an FCC compromise over Globalstar’s TLPS proposal has [...]

]]> https://tmfassociates.com/blog/2016/03/09/2001-a-space-odyssey/comment-page-1/#comment-81279 timfarrar Fri, 11 Mar 2016 19:22:14 +0000 http://tmfassociates.com/blog/?p=5704#comment-81279 There would not be any exclusion zones as far as I know, because the claim is that there will not be any interference. The protection is just that you have a number to phone them up and complain if do you experience interference (that is the "Network Operating System") and they promise to resolve it. However, there's no guarantee they will admit that a problem is their fault or that the TLPS channel will be taken offline during any investigation. There would not be any exclusion zones as far as I know, because the claim is that there will not be any interference. The protection is just that you have a number to phone them up and complain if do you experience interference (that is the “Network Operating System”) and they promise to resolve it. However, there’s no guarantee they will admit that a problem is their fault or that the TLPS channel will be taken offline during any investigation.

]]> https://tmfassociates.com/blog/2016/03/09/2001-a-space-odyssey/comment-page-1/#comment-81272 dane1234 Fri, 11 Mar 2016 01:52:27 +0000 http://tmfassociates.com/blog/?p=5704#comment-81272 If Globalstar's TLPS is approved, presumably the operational areas of grandfathered TV BAS Channel A10 TV Pickup stations will be protected, just like the FCC did in the WT Docket 10-153 "BAS Flexibility" rulemaking, where newcomer Part 101 Fixed Service stations entering the 7 and 13 GHz Part 74 TV BAS bands had to protect the operational areas of TV Pickup stations in those bands. If Globalstar’s TLPS is approved, presumably the operational areas of grandfathered TV BAS Channel A10 TV Pickup stations will be protected, just like the FCC did in the WT Docket 10-153 “BAS Flexibility” rulemaking, where newcomer Part 101 Fixed Service stations entering the 7 and 13 GHz Part 74 TV BAS bands had to protect the operational areas of TV Pickup stations in those bands.

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