New York City Metropolitan Area Frequency Coordinating Committee

Coordination Procedure
Coordination for Mobile ENG Frequencies - list of ENG channel coordinators for 2 GHz and 7 GHz.
2.5 GHz Band: Frequency Coordination
Coordination Procedure and Operating Guidelines for 2, 2.5, 7 and 13 GHz TV Pickup Bands
Emergency Contact & Fax List*
2 GHz Coordination Agreement*
Sample Coordination Notice for Fixed Links
Wireless Mics: TV Channels Available
SBE, NFL Cooperative Effort on Frequency Coordination*
Frequency databases (Use of data is subject to conditions!)
- 161, 450, 455 and 944 MHz Bands (Rev. 10/27/03),*
- Fixed links on 2, 7 and 13 GHz Bands*
Links to other Frequency Coordination Information

*A user name and password is needed to view the pages marked on an asterisk. To request a password, contact:
Tom Ray, voice: 212-642-4462, email: tomray@wor710.com

Mailing list

Much of the day-to-day coordination is done through email. Licensees wishing to coordinate for an event can send a notice to the NYCMAFCC mailing list and it will be forwarded to all the subscribers. To subscribe to the list, send an email to majordomo@wwortv.net , with the following in the BODY of the message:

subscribe nycmafcc

The New York City Metropolitan Area Frequency Coordinating Committee coordinates stations licensed under part 74, part 78 or section 101.803(b) of the FCC rules and operating in the following frequency bands:

25.85 - 26.48 MHz
161.625 - 161.775 MHz
450 - 451 MHz
455 - 456 MHz
944 - 952 MHz (until the new rules become effective)
1990 - 2110 MHz
2450 - 2500 MHz (Mobile only, after the new rules become effective)
6875 - 7125 MHz (Mobile only, after the new rules become effective)
12700 - 13250 MHz (Mobile only, after the new rules become effective)

The Federal Communications Commission released new rules that changed the coordination of fixed stations in the 944 MHz, 2.5 GHz, 7 GHz, 13 GHz bands from local committee to prior coordination notice (Report and Order; FCC 02-298; adopted October 30, 2002; released November 13, 2002):

News Release: [PDF, | Word | Text]
Report and Order: [PDF | Word | Text]

The FCC delayed the effective date of prior coordination procedures for most fixed point-to-point Aural and TV Broadcast Auxiliary Service stations to October 16, 2003.

FCC order granting stay [ PDF | Word | Text ]

These new rules substantially restructure the Part 74 rules. See Dane Ericksen's summary of the changes.

Information is furnished by licensees for the pupose of selecting frequencies to avoid interference. No other use or disclosure may be made of this information.

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Last modified by John Neuhaus, neuhaus@wwortv.net , Tuesday, February 14, 2006 at 3:50 PM