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Orion points out that many current and potential AMTS customers have a need to equip vessels,  Y0   as well as land mobile vehicles, with telecommunications equipment.@ i a zP0ԍxId. at 2.@ Orion asks the   p! Commission to allow station KAE889 (Corona, CA) to serve the dual needs of these customers,  Yf0thereby increasing the telecommunications services available to the maritime public.: f a zP 0ԍxId.:  Y80   x4.` ` In its Request, Orion argues that AMTS service to units on land will not have a  Y!0  ! negative impact on maritime communications or maritime safety.: !a zP_$0ԍxId.: Orion points out that AMTS   " subscriber equipment only operates on channels in the 216220 MHz band for which the licensee   ! is authorized, not those generally used for distress, safety, and vessel movement communications" ,,(,([["  Y0  within the marine VHF band (156162 MHz). a zPy0 ԍxId. See also 47 C.F.R.  80.385 (setting forth AMTS authorized frequencies) and  80.371(c) and   80.373(f) (setting forth shiptocoast uses of the 156162 MHz band). As Orion correctly points out, vessels, coast   pstations, and the U.S. Coast Guard monitor frequencies in the 156162 MHz band and use them to make distress   calls, coordinate ship movememt, and transmit information concerning the operational and business needs of vessels.  zP0See 47 C.F.R.  80.373(f). Therefore, an AMTS subscriber unit on land    could not possibly interfere with distress communications on marine VHF channel 16 (156.8MHz), Coast Guard communications, or any other radio calls in the marine VHF band.  Y0  x5.` ` In addition, Orion argues that providing service to units on land will not cause    harmful interference to the reception of television channel 10 (192198 MHz) or television  Yv0  ! channel 13 (210216 MHz).B v|a zP 0ԍxId. at 58.B In fact, the only potential source of interference that could result   p from granting Orion's waiver request involves an increased number of 25watt land units    operating in the 219.5125219.9875 MHz band, nearly four megahertz from the nearest   ! television channel. As Orion points out, however, the Commission presently allows stations in   @ the amateur radio service to transmit in this band at 50 watts power (twice the AMTS limit)  Y 0  without notifying nearby television stations. a zP0 ԍxId. at 6. See Allocation of the 219220 MHz Band for Use by the Amateur Radio Service, ET Docket No.  zP09340, Report and Order, 10 FCC Rcd 4446 (1995). Given that the vast majority of amateur radio   stations are operated from private residences, it is unlikely that AMTS mobile units operating   ! at half that amount of power will significantly increase the potential for harmful interference to    television reception over that which is already permitted without notification to nearby broadcasters under the amateur radio service rules.  Yy0  x6.` ` Authorization of service to land units must be carefully scrutinized to ensure that   maritime public correspondence, which is part of a safety service, is not impaired. Also, we   must carefully consider what effects, if any, the expanded use of AMTS mobile units on land   0! will have on television reception. Based on the information provided by Orion in its Request,   we conclude that permitting station KAE889 (Corona, CA) to serve a limited number of land   units in accordance with the conditions set forth below will not impair maritime service or   p negatively affect television reception. Therefore, we are waiving the rules to permit AMTS    public coast station KAE889 (Corona, CA) to serve up to 50 land units per channel on a  Y0  ! subsidiary basis.Zj a xP!0 0ԍxLimiting operation under the terms of this waiver to 50 units per channel is consistent with the Bureau's  zP"0  past treatment, via waiver, of VHF band public coast stations serving vehicles on land. See supra note 5. For example, WLO is authorized to serve up to 100 vehicles using its two assigned public correspondence channels. The waiver is contingent, however, on the following conditions. All land    units must be type accepted for use in either the Maritime Services (Part 80), Private Land   p Mobile Services (Part 90), or the Public Mobile Service (Part 22), and must be capable of   operation only on the AMTS Group A frequencies assigned to the station. Furthermore, such   " subsidiary service must cease within thirty days of the date of written notice if the Commission's"e ,,(,([["   ! staff determines that maritime communications are being impaired or that operations are causing harmful interference to television reception.  Y0  x7.` ` Transmissions from land units under the terms of this waiver are authorized under   ! the public coast station authorization for station KAE889 (Corona, CA). This measure increases    the public coast station's incentive to control the land units' communications because   enforcement efforts will focus on the public coast station licensee rather than individual unit   ! operators. Also, authorizing subsidiary service in this manner reduces paperwork requirements   for both the public and the Commission by eliminating the need for separate licenses for each land unit. Therefore, the license listed above will be modified accordingly.  Y 0  x8.` ` For the reasons stated above, IT IS ORDERED that the request for waiver of   Section 80.453, 47 C.F.R.  80.453, and modification of public coast station license KAE889   p (Corona, CA) submitted by Orion to serve land units on a secondary basis, IS GRANTED   subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph 6 above and subject to the condition that no    impairment or interference is caused to maritime communications services or television reception. x` `  FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION x` `  David E. Horowitz x` `  Acting Chief, Private Wireless Division