Google is asking the FCC to allow it to...

Google is asking the FCC to allow it to do drone tests in New Mexico, consulting engineer Steven Crowley said in a blog post, citing a Sept. 12 filing by Google (http://bit.ly/1y81ITo). Crowley said key details were redacted from the filing, but Google proposes to use 910 MHz and 2.4 GHz spectrum, which is otherwise open for unlicensed use. “We don’t know what Google is doing with these bands, but Google says the 2400 MHz antenna is oriented such that vertical peak gain is 20 degrees below the horizon,” he wrote (http://bit.ly/1ph1wqz). “Similarly, the 910 MHz antenna is oriented 5-90 degrees above the ground plane. This suggests the higher band is for a drone-to-ground link, and the lower band is for ground-to-drone.”