Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
DA 10-1784
September 20, 2010
Mr. Shane A. Godmere
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Dr.
Houghton, MI  49931
Re:  Call Sign: E900042 
 File No.: SES-MOD-20091116-01457  
Dear Mr. Godmere:
 
On November 16, 2009, Michigan Technological University (MTU) filed the above-
captioned application to modify its exiting license for its fixed-satellite service (FSS) 
earth station, call sign E9000042.  MTU seeks to discontinue uplink operations in the 
14.0-14.5 GHz band and to register the station as a receive-only earth station receiving 
downlink transmissions in the 11.7-12.2 GHz band.  For the reasons stated below, we 
dismiss the application.
The Commission does not license or register receive-only FSS stations operating in the 
11.7-12.2 GHz frequency band.1 Because FSS is the only primary allocation in this band, 
FSS operations, like those proposed by MTU, are protected against interference from the 
operations of any other communications service.  Thus, licensing or registering MTU as 
it proposes is unnecessary.  
  
1 See Deregulation of Domestic Receive-Only Satellite Earth Stations, Second Report and Order, CC 
Docket NO. 78-374, 104 FCC 2nd 348(1986) at para. 12.
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Consequently, we dismiss the modification application as unnecessary.  Further because 
MTU indicates in its application that it has terminated uplink operations from this earth 
station and are operating the earth station as a receive-only station, we cancel the license 
as of the date of this letter.
Sincerely, 
Kathyrn Medley
Chief, Satellite Engineering Branch
Satellite Division 
International Bureau