Shure Explains Arguments on Tweaks to TV Band Rules

Shure filed a letter at the FCC further explaining its December petition asking the agency to clarify that antenna connector limitations don't apply to unlicensed wireless mics and to make other changes to rules for unlicensed use of the TV bands after the incentive auction (see 1609260061). “We explained in that petition that imposing limits on standard antenna jacks on wireless microphones provides no human safety benefits or meaningful spectral efficiency gains, the rationale behind the Part 15 antenna connector limitation,” Shure said in the filing in docket 14-165. “Shure filed a detailed supplement in support of its position that the Section 15.203 prohibition on standard antenna jacks and connectors would be problematic to implement given the inherent design requirements of wireless microphones, in which standard antenna connectors perform important circuit design and product application functions.”