BAS Group Urges Protections for BAS Channels Up Against Globalstar TLPS Plan

Engineers for the Integrity of Broadcast Auxiliary Services Spectrum said the FCC should give no credence to Globalstar’s filing in response to Kerrisdale Capital. The filing doesn’t mention co-channel TV broadcast auxiliary services (BAS) stations concerning Globalstar’s proposed terrestrial low-power service (TLPS), EIBASS said in an ex parte filing in docket 13-213. The Globalstar filing said TLPS would be compatible with existing 2.4 GHz S-band Wi-Fi operations, “while ignoring how newcomer co-channel AWS-5 operations would avoid interference to grandfathered A10 TV pickup stations in many of the major metros,” it said, referring to metropolitan areas. The AWS-5 portion of TLPS shouldn’t be allowed inside the operational areas of record of any grandfathered TV BAS channel A10 TV pickup station, it said.