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 Federal  Communications  Commission  Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 DA  05-  2985 
 November  17,  2005 


 Arlen  Diamond  Southwest  Missouri  State  University 
 901  South  National  Ave.  Springfield,  MO  65804 
 Re:  Call  Sign:  E050317  File  No.:  SES-  LIC-  20051028-  01489 


 Dear  Mr.  Diamond: 
 On  October  28,  2005,  Board  of  Governors  of  Missouri  State  University  (Missouri  State  University)  filed  the  above-  captioned  application  for  a  license  for  a  6.1  meter  receive-  only  earth 
 station  in  the  Ku-  Band  that  will  communicate  with  the  AMC-  3  satellite  at  87  o  W.  L.  Pursuant  to  Section  25.112(  a)(  1)  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §25.112(  a)(  1),  we  dismiss  this 
 application  as  defective  without  prejudice  to  refiling. 
 Specifically,  in  the  312  Main  Form,  in  response  to  question  24  regarding  the  frequency  bands,  this  application  indicates  that  only  the  12/  14  GHz  bands  (Ku  Band)  will  be  used.  In  Schedule  B 
 of  Form  312,  the  application  does  not  the  include  required  information  for  a  receive-  only  earth  station  regarding  the  specific  frequency  bands,  emission  designator,  nor  the  Antenna  Polarization 
 (question  E43  through  E47).  Without  this  information,  the  application  is  incomplete. 
 However,  if  your  proposed  earth  station  is  intended  to  receive  only  in  the  11.7-  12.2  GHz  band  and  the  only  point  of  communication  is  the  U.  S.-  licensed  AMC-  3  satellite,  the  station  does  not 
 need  to  be  licensed  to  operate.  1  Therefore,  although  we  dismiss  this  application,  Missouri  State  University  may  receive  transmissions  from  the  AMC-  3  satellite  at  87  o  W.  L.  in  the  11.7-  12.2  GHz 
 band  with  this  earth  station  in  accordance  with  our  rules  in  47  C.  F.  R.  §  25  without  any  further  authorization  from  the  Federal  Communications  Commission. 


 1  See  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order,  CC  Docket  No.  78-  734,  (adopted  December  9,  1986). 
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 Accordingly,  pursuant  to  Section  25.112(  a)(  1)  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §25.112(  a)(  1),  and  Section  0.261  of  the  Commission’s  rules  on  delegations  of  authority,  47 
 C.  F.  R.  §0.261,  we  dismiss  this  application  as  defective  without  prejudice  to  refiling.  2 


 Sincerely, 


 Scott  A.  Kotler  Chief,  Systems  Analysis  Branch 
 Satellite  Division  International  Bureau 


 2  If  Missouri  State  University  refiles  an  application  identical  to  the  one  dismissed,  with  the  exception  of 
 supplying  the  missing  information,  it  need  not  pay  an  application  fee.  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §1.  1109(  d). 
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