Attachment ex parte

ex parte

Ex PARTE PRESENTATION NOTIFICATION LETTER submitted by National Assoication of Broadcasters

ex parte

2007-02-05

This document pretains to SAT-STA-20061107-00131 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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Larry Walke Associate General Counsel Legal & Regulatory Affairs m i 1771 N Street, NW * Washington DC 20036—2800 (202) 429—5313 e Fax: (202) 775—3526 February 5, 2007 Ex Parte Communication Ms. Marlene H. Dortch £ Secretary, Federal Communications Commission . 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20445 [ Ications Commisgion Viffice of the Secretary Re: SAT—STA—20061107—00131 Dear Ms. Dortch: On February 2, 2007, Jane Mago, David Layer and the undersigned of the National Association of Broadcasters ("NAB"), and Frank R. Jazzo of Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, on behalf of the Alaska Broadcasters Association, met with the following members of the Commission‘s staff to discuss the above—captioned application for Special Temporary Authority ("STA"): Rosalee Chiara, Robert Nelson, Kathryn Berthot, Shabnam Javid, Stephen Duall, Bruce Romano, and Ira Keltz. Specifically, the parties discussed Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc.‘s request for STA approval to provide service in Alaska and Hawaii. We addressed whether Sirius‘ use of terrestrial repeaters in these circumstances is permissible under the Commission‘s regulatory regime governing satellite radio terrestrial repeaters. The attached map from Sirius‘ application to launch Sirius FM—5 was distributed at this meeting.‘ Please direct any questions concerning this matter to the undersigned. Respectfully submitted, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS 1771 N Street, NW. Washington, D.C. 20036 Tel: (202) 429—5430 _A a. WEA Larry Walke ! SAT—LOA—20060901—00096.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 1, Patricia Jones, hereby certify that I have caused copies of the foregoing Ex Parte Communication, to be served via U.S. Mail on this 5°" day of February 2007, on the following parties listed below: Mr. Patrick L. Donnelly Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc. 121 Avenue of the Americas 36"" Floor New York, NY 10020 Mr. James S. Blitz XM Radio, Inc. 1500 Eckington Place, NE Washington, DC 20002

Figure A.2—1 ~ Elevation Angles from the I6°W.L. Orbital Location 4 # «3 SSw! & Bs & 70 C 4 C @2 # @ }\ «J > aC 4 & 0 — /3 < © # # 8 / 83 " |O~"~7"~ \ * 4s e € F1 — 0| —I we—— 0 ~ 30 $ . 2 z c * s ~R 7 — F—I 180 160 140 120 100 so 60 40 20 West Longitude (degrees) A3 SATELLITE COVERAGE The Sirius FM—5 satellite will provide DARSbroadcast service to receiving terminals located in the broadcast service area. The DARS service beam coverage is provided by a single 9m unfurlable mesh satellite antenna with a shaped subreflector. Section A.5 provides further details of the DARS broadcast antenna beam. The Sitius FM—5 X—band feeder link coverage can originate in a portion of central and eastern CONUS between New York, Denver, Northern Texas and Northern Florida. A single feeder link _spot beam is used provided by a 1.2m shaped receive antenna onthe satellite. Section A.6 provides further details of the feeder link antenna beam. O


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