Flight Test Group Opposes FCC's Prison Cell-Jamming Proposal
The Aerospace and Flight Test Radio Coordinating Council (AFTRCC) joined the wireless industry in raising concerns about an FCC proposal to allow prison officials to jam cellphone signals to curb the use of contraband phones (see 2512300043). AFTRCC members rely…
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on shared 1435-1525 and 2360-2395 MHz band spectrum to relay aeronautical mobile telemetry (AMT) data from test aircraft to ground stations “in real-time,” which could face disruptions from jamming, the council said in a filing this week in docket 13-111. “Without interference-free access to adequate spectrum for AMT, flight tests involving high risk to pilots, crews, and persons on the ground might not be possible, and the adverse consequences for both military aviation and commercial passenger and transport aviation, not to mention private aviation and the use of uncrewed aircraft systems, would be substantial.”