Federal Communications Commission DA 18-1146 Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of LoJack Corporation; Request to Modify 53 Licenses on Behalf of 32 Licensees in the Stolen Vehicle Recovery Service (SVRS) to Comply with FCC Narrowband Requirements ) ) ) ) ) ) ORDER Adopted: November 8, 2018 Released: November 8, 2018 By the Chief, Policy and Licensing Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau: 1. By this Order, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) grants the request of LoJack Corporation (LoJack) to file a single application to modify multiple national stolen vehicle recovery system (SVRS) authorizations affecting multiple licensees. Letter from Henry Goldberg, Attorney for LoJack Corporation, to Tracy Simmons, Branch Chief, Policy and Licensing Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Apr. 2, 2018, (LoJack Request). Included in its request is a list of SVRS licensees and authorizations, an engineering certification, and channel 7 interference studies. See also 47 CFR § 90.20(e)(6) (discussing stolen vehicle recovery systems). 2. LoJack proposes having the Bureau modify fifty-three SVRS licenses to comply with the Commission’s narrowbanding requirements. It requests that it be allowed to file a “master” narrowband modification application on behalf of all police agencies licensed to operate LoJack systems, all of which have authorized the master application. LoJack explains that granting its request will reduce burdens on the SVRS licensees and the Commission and allow a uniform consolidation of facilities across the SVRS system. LoJack Request at 2. We append a list of affected licenses to this order. 3. LoJack proposes two modifications to the licenses: (1) changing the emission designator from wideband, 20K0F2D, to narrowband, 11K2F2D, for all fixed and mobile transmitters; Id. at 3. (2) increasing effective radiated power of the SVRS base stations from 300 watts to 500 watts; and (3) increasing the output power of the SVRS mobile units from 2.5 watts to 5 watts. Id. See Amendment of Section 90.20(e)(6) of the Commission’s Rules, Report and Order, 23 FCC Rcd 12601 (2008). See also, 47 CFR § 90.20(e)(6)(iii)-(iv) (authorizing 5 watt mobile and 500 watt base station effective radiated power). LoJack contends that the requested power increases are required to compensate for the change to the emission designator LoJack Request at 3. An emission designator is a code associated with a frequency that gives information about the frequency's necessary bandwidth, the nature of the signal modulating the main carrier and the type of information to be transmitted. See 47 CFR § 2.201. and that there will be no consequent increase in potential interference to television Channel 7 reception from the power increases. LoJack Request at 4. 47 CFR § 90.20(e)(6)(viii) (“applicants shall perform an analysis for each base station that is located within 169 km of a TV Channel 7 transmitter of potential interference to viewers”). 4. The Bureau released a Public Notice seeking comment on the LoJack Request. The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Seeks Comment on a Request by LoJack Corporation to Modify Fifty-Three Licenses to Comply with the Commission’s Narrowbanding Requirement, Public Notice, DA 18-770, rel. July 25, 2018. No parties commented. We find it administratively efficient to grant LoJack’s request. 5. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED pursuant to Section 4(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 154(i) that the licensing staff of the Policy and Licensing Division SHALL MODIFY the authorizations listed in the Appendix in accordance with this Order and the Commission's Rules. 6. This action is taken under delegated authority pursuant to Sections 0.191 and 0.392 of the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR §§ 0.191, 0.392. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Michael J. Wilhelm Chief, Policy and Licensing Division Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau APPENDIX List of Licensees & Authorizations Licensee FRN Auth Signature Date Call Sign Arizona, State of 0001591023 Kevin A. Rogers 8/25/2017 WPMM669 Colorado, State of 0001613934 Richard Schmidt 8/28/2017 WPTK929 State of Connecticut, ATTN: State Police Division 0003568011 Mark Matson 8/16/2017 WPHK438, WQWU791 Delaware, State of 0002187367 Thomas Kadunce 1/17/2018 WPNS384 District of Columbia Government, Metropolitan Police Department 0002088631 Karima Holmes 2/2/2018 WPED308 Dept. Hwy Safety & Motor Vehicles, Florida Highway Patrol 0001802693 Vic Thomas 8/24/2017 WNWU571, WPQB583, WPZL332, WQJL992 Georgia, State of 0001849843 Ralph Bevan 3/5/2018 WPBK949, WPWZ315 Illinois, State of 0002787893 Jeffrey E. Sexton 8/15/2017 WNVD283 City of Los Angeles 0016433013 Silva L. Atwater 8/25/2017 WQHD385, WNSZ607, WNSZ608, WPQG846, WPRW899, WPVV324, WQDD530, WQYM227 Louisiana, State of (Dept. of Public Safety) 0001722982 Julio Peck 8/17/2017 WPXI720 Maryland State Police 0002134120 Gary Davis, Jr. 9/1/2017 WPLP844 Commonwealth of Massachusetts 0021579420 C. Blair Sutherland 10/02/2017 WNWG807, WPUL255, WPVV812 Michigan, State of 0004806576 Mark Sandberg 8/23/2017 WNSY452, WNSY453 Nevada, State of 0005761721 Richard Burger 8/16/2017 WPRS254 New Hampshire Dept Of Safety State Police Comm Maint 0003656535 James Kowalik 9/29/2017 WPOX716 New Jersey State Police 0004452025 Edward J. Zapf 9/06/2017 WNRU939, WNRU940 New Mexico, State of 0001608108 Joseph A. Martinez 10/17/2017 WQTH628 State of New York, Division of State Police 0003438595 Samuel Gregory Diana 8/11/2017 WPFS619, WPUX388 North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation 0011016466 R. Christopher Laws 8/21/2017 WQBL588, WQGH385 Ohio, State of, Highway Patrol 0013859699 Maj. Shawn Davis 8/17/2017 WQDJ531, WQED841 Oklahoma Department of Public Safety 0017935958 Gene Thaxton 12/13/2017 WQJI506 Oregon State (OWIN) 0001556125 Robert Reish 8/17/2017 WQDD261 Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State Police 0016676868 Terrance Lee Ash 8/18/2017 WQKE793 Rhode Island State Police 0004088142 Thomas G. Crotty 8/24/2017 WPFS403 South Carolina Law Enforcement 0005456629 Michael W. Naylor 10/06/2017 WQER759, WQGG795 Tennessee Bureau of Investigation 0014494165 Brad Truitt 10/09/2017 WQGL264, WQET845 Texas, State of (Dept. of Public Safety) 0001672419 Todd Early 8/23/2017 WPLT916, WPWF970 Utah Motor Vehicle Enforcement Division 0019074285 Allan Shinney 8/15/2017 WQKX391 Virginia State Police, Department of State Police 0002032175 John G. Agee 10/23/2017 WQTM566 Washington State Patrol 0010493245 John L. Woodcock 8/21/2017 WQHY985, WQGM862 4