STA Request

0326-EX-ST-2000 Text Documents

XM Radio, Inc.

2000-08-04ELS_40475

fue«le" J326EX—S]—200 m SATELLiTE ORIGINAL RAD iO July 25, 2000 COURIER James R. Burtle, Chief Federal Communications Commission Office of Engineering and Technology The Portals 445 Twelfth Street, SW Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Request of XM Radio Inc. for Special Temporary Authority in the Experimental Radio Service to Conduct Test Operations of S—band Digital Audio Radio Service Terrestrial Repeaters in the Alabama Dear Mr. Burtle: XM Radio Inc. ("XM Radio"), one of the two Digital Audio Radio Service ("DARS") licensees in the U.S., hereby requests six—month Special Temporary Authority ("STA") under Section 5.61 of the Commussion‘s rules to conduct tests of a terrestrial repeater transmitter at a fixed location in Birmingham, Alabama in its licensed frequency band (2332.5—2345 MHz). XM Radio requests authority to initiate this testing by August 25, 2000. Consistent with the Commission‘s March 1997 Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, XM Radio expects to deploy "gap—filler" terrestrial repeaters as part of its DARS network in most major cities. See Report and Order, Memorandum Opinion and Order, and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Establishment of Rules and Policies for the Digital Audio Radio Satellite Service in the 2310—2360 MHz Frequency Band, 12 FCC Red 5754 (1997). XM Radio is currently conducting tests of terrestrial repeater transmitter facilities in metropolitan areas throughout the United States pursuant to the national experimental authorization granted by the Experimental Licensing Branch on August 17, 1999. See FCC File No. 0199—EX—PL—1999 (Call Sign WB2XCA). These ongoing tests are a critical part of the technical planning required for a successful launch of XM Radio‘s DARS service. XM Radio now proposes to conduct new tests of a terrestrial facility in Birmingham, Alabama. XM Radio will operate the repeater at a fixed location in order to simulate the operation of its planned repeaters in its final DARS network. This experimental operation will help to facilitate the efficient design and deployment of XM Radio‘s prospective DARS repeater network. The technical parameters of the transmitters proposed herein deviate ON DC 20037 PH 202 969 7 WASHiNGT 100 FAX 202 9g9 rs0 ww o 238 p St8get uw SUitE 57 MRAL; big 129 ‘Co,

Mr. James R. Burtle July 25, 2000 Page 2 sufficiently from the repeater operations authorized under XM Radio‘s current national experimental license to require a new experimental STA for these Birmingham operations. This STA will in no way prejudice the Commussion‘s pending rulemaking addressing terrestrial repeaters. The attached exhibits, listed below, provide the operational and technical details of XM Radio‘s proposed experimental operations at the fixed location in Birmingham: Exhibit A: Experiment Objectives and Operations Exhibit B: Transmitter Locations and Transmitter Technical Parameters Exhibit C: Radio—frequency Exposure Compliance Exhibit D: Emission Isolation to Existing Systems In particular, Exhibit B provides detailed information concerning the technical parameters of the proposed transmitters. This information includes frequency, EIRP, and modulation of the proposed signals. XM Radio is authorized to operate its DARS system in the U.S. in the 2332.3—2345 MHz frequency band on an exclusive basis, and it believes that it can conduct the proposed testing without causing interference to any existing radio operators. XM Radio has detected no interference problems during the tests conducted pursuant to its national experimental authorization. Moreover, XM Radio will work with any existing radio operators to assure protection of those systems. As indicated above, XM Radio hopes to initiate testing by August 25, 2000. If testing beyond the six—month term of the proposed STA is necessary, XM Radio will file an STA extension request and an application for a two—year experimental license by the applicable deadlines. See 47 C.F.R. 5.61(b). The required filing fee of $45.00 and FCC Form 159 are enclosed with this request. XM Radio hereby certifies that no party to this application is subject to a denial of Federal benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti—Drug Abuse Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. § 853(a).

Mr. James R. Burtle July 25, 2000 Page 3 Please direct any questions regarding this matter to the undersigned. Very truly yours, 7/\/‘ é~__ oz pol Lom Senior Vice President, Regulatory


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