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The One
7th March 2016, 08:33
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You can find the funniest things in public government documents. There’s always ample evidence your local congress critter is working against the interests of their constituency, nation, and industry controlled by the commission they’re chairperson of. Rarely, though, do you find something surprising, and rarer still does it portend some sort of experiments conducted by Google at a spaceport in New Mexico.

In a publication released last week, Google asked the FCC to treat some information relating to radio experiments as confidential. These experiments involve highly directional and therefore high power transmissions at 2.5 GHz, 5.8GHz, 24GHz, 71-76GHz, and 81-86GHz. These experiments will take place at Spaceport America, a 12,000 foot runway in the middle of New Mexico occasionally used by SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, and now Google.

For the most part, this document only tells the FCC that Google won’t be causing harmful interference in their radio experiments. There few other details, save for what bands and transmitters Google will be using and an experimental radio license call sign (WI9XZE) that doesn’t show up in the FCC database.

https://hackadaycom.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/google.png?w=800

Source (http://hackaday.com/2016/03/02/google-is-building-a-100kw-radio-transmitter-at-a-spaceport-and-no-one-knows-why/)

Jeffrey W.
7th March 2016, 14:17
COMING TO YOU LIVE!!! FROM SPACEPORT AMERICA...ITS GOOGLE RADIO! WITH YOUR HOSTS WITH THE MOSTEST, MR. MUSKY MUSK AND TERROR SQUAD BOB...

That's it. That's all I wanted to say.

Bob
7th March 2016, 16:06
What those frequencies look like are the new and old wireless LAN frequencies, and control frequencies for a tethered blimp (airship). Google has been saying they will use perpetual drones (I suppose solar powered) to stay aloft and relay cellphone, (blimp-phone?), wireless LAN, and no doubt would have sky-view imagery.

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_high_frequency
FCC licensing those bands for experimental use: http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/index.htm?job=service_home&id=millimeter_wave


These bands are essentially undeveloped and available for use in a broad range of new products and services, including high-speed, point-to-point wireless local area networks and broadband Internet access.

Highly directional, “pencil-beam” signal characteristics permit systems in these bands to be engineered in close proximity to one another without causing interference.

What is google doing?


Aside from the 71-76 GHz and 81-86 GHz millimeter wave bands, Google is also requesting permission to test transmissions in the 3.5 GHz band, the 5.8 GHz band and the 24 GHz band. According to noted wireless engineer Steven Crowley, most of the tests are designed to probe signal propagation rather than actual data transmissions.

Also, Google's testing in the 3.5 GHz band isn't a surprise based on the company's longtime support for the FCC's proposed rules allowing commercial operation in that band.

To be clear, the tests are just one of many efforts by Google to improve users' Internet connections

PS: @Jeffrey W. - Who is this "Bob" of whom you speak? Your post makes no sense to me.


@Jeffrey W, says:
YOUR HOSTS WITH THE MOSTEST, MR. MUSKY MUSK AND TERROR SQUAD BOB...

That's it. That's all I wanted to say.

scibuster
8th March 2016, 09:37
Is this PCM modulated 100 Kilowatts ?
Pulse Code Modulation same as handy transmitter-receivers or WLAN receivers-transmitters ?