(a) Except as provided for in Sec. 90.315 and except for those frequencies allocated to services in part 22 of this chapter (see Sec. Sec. 22.591, 22.621, 22.651, and 22.1007 of this chapter) the following frequencies in the band 470-512 MHz may be assigned as indicated in the table below. The first and last assignable frequencies are shown. Assignable frequencies occur in increments of 6.25 kHz. The separation between base and mobile transmit frequencies is 3 MHz for two frequency operation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
General access pool
Channel Assignment Urbanized Area -------------------------------------------------
Base and mobile Mobile----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14................................... Boston, MA............. 470.30625 to 472.99375. 473.30625 to 475.99375
Chicago, IL............
Cleveland, OH..........
Miami, FL..............
New York/N.E. NJ.......
Pittsburgh, PA.........
Los Angeles, CA........ 470.05625 to 472.99375. 473.05625 to 475.9937515................................... Chicago, IL............ 476.30625 to 478.99375. 479.30625 to 481.99375
Cleveland, OH..........
Detroit, MI............
New York/N.E. NJ.......16................................... Boston, MA............. 482.30625 to 484.99375. 485.30625 to 487.99375
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX..
Detroit, MI............
San Francisco/Oakland,
CA.
Los Angeles, CA (Use is 482.00625 to 484.99375. 485.00625 to 487.99375
restricted to Public
Safety Pool eligibles).17................................... Houston, TX............ 488.30625 to 490.99375. 491.30625 to 493.99375
San Francisco/Oakland,
CA.
Washington, DC/MD/VA...18................................... Pittsburgh, PA......... 494.30625 to 496.99375. 497.30625 to 499.99375
Washington, DC/MD/VA...19................................... Philadelphia, PA....... 500.30625 to 502.99375. 503.30625 to 505.9937520................................... Los Angeles, CA........ 506.13125 to 508.99375. 509.13125 to 511.99375
Philadelphia, PA....... 506.30625 to 508.99375. 509.30625 to 511.99375----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Channel availability in the General Access Pool in any of the urbanized areas referred to in the table depends on whether that channel is presently assigned to one of the following categories of users:
(i) Public safety (as defined in Sec. 90.20(a));
(ii) Power and telephone maintenance licensees (as defined in Sec. 90.7);
(iii) Special industrial licensees (as defined in Sec. 90.7);
(iv) Business licensees (as defined in Sec. 90.35(a));
(v) Petroleum, forest products, and manufacturers licensees (as defined in Sec. 90.7);
(vi) Railroad, motor carrier, and automobile emergency licensees (as defined in Sec. 90.7); and
(vii) Taxicab licensees (as defined in Sec. 90.7).
(2) If assigned, subsequent authorizations will only be granted to users from the same category. If unassigned, or should a channel subsequently become unassigned, it will be treated as available in the General Access Pool.
(3) Normally, each channel should be substantially loaded in accordance with the standards set out in Sec. 90.313.
(4) The following frequencies will be authorized a maximum bandwidth of 6 kHz. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Channel Frequency------------------------------------------------------------------------14......................................................... 470.30625
475.9937515......................................................... 476.30625
481.9937516......................................................... 482.30625
487.9937517......................................................... 488.30625
493.9937518......................................................... 494.30625
499.9937519......................................................... 500.30625
505.9937520......................................................... 506.30625
511.99375------------------------------------------------------------------------
(b) [Reserved] [43 FR 54791, Nov. 22, 1978, as amended at 44 FR 49692, Aug. 24, 1979; 51 FR 4362, Feb. 4, 1986; 60 FR 37272, July 19, 1995; 62 FR 2041, Jan. 15, 1997; 62 FR 18932, Apr. 17, 1997; 64 FR 36270, July 6, 1999]