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 Federal  Communications  Commission  Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 DA  06-  1056 
 May  17,  2006 
 Elizabeth  Buckley  Keller  and  Heckman  LLP 
 1001  G  Street,  NW  Suite  500  West 
 Washington,  DC  20001  Re:  Call  Sign:  E940457 
 File  No.:  SES-  MOD-  20060407-  00593 
 Dear  Ms.  Buckley: 
 On  April  7,  2006,  Wal-  Mart  Stores,  Inc.  (Wal-  Mart)  filed  the  above  application  to,  among  other  things,  modify  its  license  for  Earth  Station  E940457  to  consolidate  its  Conventional  Ku-  band  1 
 VSAT  network  into  one  license,  and  add  new  0.74  meter  Prodelin  remote  antennas,  new  0.74  meter  Raven  remote  antennas,  and  new  0.98  meter  Prodelin  remote  antennas  to  the  network.  For 
 the  reason  detailed  below,  we  dismiss  the  application  in  part  as  defective  without  prejudice  to  refiling.  2 


 Pursuant  to  Sections  25.132(  b)(  3)  and  25.  220(  b)  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  25.132(  b)(  3)  and  25.220(  b),  earth  station  applicants  seeking  to  use  antennas,  such  as  the  0.74 
 meter  Prodelin  and  Raven  Antennas  as  well  as  the  0.98  meter  Prodelin  antenna,  that  are  not  compliant  with  the  antenna  performance  standards  of  Sections  25.209(  a)  and  (b)  of  the 
 Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  25.  209(  a)  and  (b),  must  submit  antenna  radiation  patterns  in  their  applications.  Since  Wal-  Mart’s  application  did  not  include  these  radiation  patterns,  this 
 portion  of  the  application  is  incomplete. 


 1  11.  7-  12.2  GHz  and  14.  0-  14.5  GHz. 
 2  If  Wal-  Mart  refiles  an  application  identical  to  the  one  dismissed,  with  the  exception  of  supplying  the 
 corrected  information,  it  need  not  pay  an  application  fee.  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.  1109(  d). 
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 In  light  of  the  above,  pursuant  to  Section  25.112(  a)(  1)  3  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  the  request  to  add  new  0.74  meter  Prodelin  remote  antennas,  0.74  meter  Raven  remote  antennas,  and  0.98  meter  Prodelin  remote  antennas;  as  defective.  We  defer  the 
 remaining  portions  of  the  application. 
 Sincerely, 


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


 3  47  C.  F.  R.  §  25.  112(  a)(  1).  See  also  Echostar  Satellite  LLC,  Order  on  Reconsideration,  DA  04-  4056 
 (released  December  27,  2004). 
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