The FCC Public Safety Bureau denied a request...

The FCC Public Safety Bureau denied a request by the Skagit County Fire Protection District 5 in Washington state to use frequency 170.150 MHz for vehicular repeaters as part of its public safety radio system. NTIA had recommended the waiver be denied, the bureau said Friday. The 162.0375-173.2 MHz frequency band, which includes the frequency, is allocated to fixed and mobile services on a primary basis for federal use, the bureau said (http://bit.ly/1jfdgs8). Denial of the waiver prevents “Skagit from causing harmful interference to Federal operations operating in accordance with the Table of Frequency Allocations,” it said.