Provincial Spectrum Analysis: Toronto's policy does not apply here

PEI's idle airwaves abound, waiting for innovative uses. Will our governments let us use them?


VHF Radio Spectrum begins at 30Mhz then runs into UHF which goes to 2450Mhz, a total of 2420Mhz of bandwidth. That is twenty-four 100Mhz Ethernet links wide. 24 times faster than your home based LAN probably is. In PEI a lot of our airspace is un occupied.

My comment on Rob Patersons blog inspired me to post this.

A CRTC regulation policy based on urban scarcity does not apply to PEI.
In fact the policy is stifling local innovation in TV & radio production, and data communications.
All this is a place trying to be a tech leader. In my opinion a waste of our biggest opportunity.
Free the airwaves!

Linksys, D-link, Motorola R&D anyone?
Provincial wireless hi-performance backbone network sound good?
Hellooo, Watson, can you hear me?

What's in the air around you?
If your in PEI or Cape Breton it is probably radio silence on most channels.

• 30–46 MHz: Licensed 2-way land mobile communication
• 30–88 MHz: Military VHF-FM, including SINCGARS
• 43–50 MHz: Cordless telephones, "49 MHz" FM walkie-talkies, and mixed 2-way mobile communication
• 50–54 MHz: Amateur radio "6-meter" band
• 54–72 MHz: TV channels 2, 3, and 4
• 72–76 MHz: Remote Control devices
• 76–88 MHz: TV channels 5 and 6
• 88–108 MHz: FM radio broadcasting (88–92 non-commercial, 92–108 commercial)
• 108–118 MHz: Air navigation beacons VOR
• 118–132 MHz: Airband for Air Traffic Control, AM, 121.5 MHz is emergency frequency
• 132–144 MHz: Auxiliary civil services, satellite, space research, and other miscellaneous services
• 144–148 MHz: Amateur band 2 Meters
• 148–174 MHz: "VHF Business Band," the new unlicensed Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS), and other 2-way land mobile, FM
• 156–174 MHz VHF Marine Radio; narrow band FM, 156.8 MHz (Channel 16) is the maritime emergency and contact frequency
• 162.40–162.55: NOAA Weather Stations, FM
• 174–216 MHz: TV channels 7 through 13, and professional wireless microphones (low power, certain exact frequencies only)
• 216–222 MHz: mixed services
• 222–225 MHz: Amateur "1-1/4-meter" band
• above 225 MHz: Federal services, notably military aircraft radio (225–400 MHz) AM, including HAVE QUICK, dGPS RTCM-104
• 300–420 MHz: government use, including meteorology
• 420–450 MHz: radiolocation and Amateur radio (70 cm band)

• 450–470 MHz: UHF business band, GMRS, and FRS 2-way "walkie-talkies"
• 470–512 MHz: TV channels 14–20, public safety
• 512–698 MHz: TV channels 21–51
• 698–806 MHz: TV channels 52–69 (to be auctioned for other uses once conversion to digital TV has been accomplished)
• 806–824 MHz: pocket pagers and Nextel SMR band
• 824–849 MHz: Cellular phones, A & B franchises, mobile phone
• 849–869 MHz: public safety 2-way (fire, police, ambulance)
• 869–894 MHz: cellular phones, A & B franchises, base station
• 902–928 MHz: ISM band: cordless phones and stereo, RFID, datalinks, Amateur radio (33 cm band)
• 928–960 MHz: mixed Studio-Transmitter Links, mobile 2-way, other
• 1240–1300 MHz: Amateur radio (23 cm band)
• 1850–1910 MHz: PCS mobile phone—note below
• 1930–1990 MHz: PCS base stations—note below
• note: order is A, D, B, E, F, C blocks. A, B, C = 15 MHz; D, E, F = 5 MHz
• 2310–2360 MHz: Satellite radio (Sirius and XM)
• 2390–2450 MHz: Amateur radio (13 cm band)
• 2400–2483.5 MHz: ISM, IEEE 802.11, 802.11b, 802.11g Wireless LAN
• around 2450 MHz: Microwave oven