The FCC Wireless Bureau approved a waiver request...

The FCC Wireless Bureau approved a waiver request for Globe Wireless Radio Services, letting it use high frequency (HF) public coast frequencies above 5 MHz for communications between public coast stations. Agency rules permit communications between stations only using frequencies between 0.415 MHz and 5 MHz, setting aside frequencies above 5 GHz for communications with ships at sea, the bureau said. “We agree with GWRS that limiting communications between public coast stations to frequencies below 5 MHz imposes an unnecessary burden on operators,” the bureau said an order released Thursday (http://bit.ly/1vnALXw). “Allowing inter-station HF communications on frequencies above 5 MHz will provide more frequencies and significant diversity to assure reliable HF communications links under virtually any atmospheric condition.” The company owns high seas public coast stations in Palo Alto and Rio Vista, California; Bishopville, Maryland; and Pearl River and Long Island, New York.