Thanks MMckenna for the input.
I think there is some confusion, and to be honest, a lot of this stems from their absolutely stupid and antiquated Java platform.
As far as the emissions are concerned, I submitted FM analog, DMR, and NXDN (the NXDN is for potential future expansion). I'm not really sure where the others came from, to be perfectly honest. Looking at the application now, I do see like 5 or 6. Some have even more than that!
It would also help to have something more than just "Part 90"
Again, that is not something that was put in by me. I've seen 90.35, 90.4, etc. on various licenses. I'm guessing this is something put in by the FCC? No clue, but I didn't enter it anywhere. The "Internal On-Site and Mobile Communications" was the begining of several lines of description as far as what we do. Not sure if it doesn't like line breaks or too many characters or what the deal is, but the entire description is showing up in their java program. The rest does not appear on the application, or apparently on the PDF 601 that was created.
As far as the control point (which is indeed my house), it is using the mailing address from my application, as since I'm sure you are aware, there is no such thing as a control point for itinerant use, as fixed operations are [generally] not permitted. In fact, the control point was greyed out on the application, I'm assuming because of that very reason.
As far as registering under my own name, trust me, I tried doing it under the business name a dozen times. We're a registered C Corporation, but the stupid java application will not accept or verify the company's EIN, straight from the IRS. I've seen at least a few dozen posts on the internet stating this exact same problem with the FCC's site. When I called to talk to a "technician" they had no idea and could not help me. So I gave up and put it under my own name. It was either that or not be able to submit an application at all.
Seriously, 1000 radios on that many frequencies, what the heck are you up to?
The 1000 radios is a tiny exaggeration for future growth. When I go 1 radio over what we currently have, for example, I'm not really in the mood for paying the FCC more money to update the application. But it isn't uncommon to to have 800+ radios in use for what we do.
We are involved with setting up data networks and communications at extremely large events, i.e. the 200,000 person march the person referenced in the other thread, state fairs, county fairs, large national events, etc. It is not uncommon for us to have 300-400 security personnel alone at some of the events, each with at least one radio, sometimes 2, for communications between themselves and others. That doesn't include any other personnel, a fairly decent amount of frequency pairs for repeaters, etc. At the end of the day, yes, it is a crapload of radios and a crapload of frequencies.
We currently accomplish this task through various rental agencies and *gasp* FRS and MURS. I know...scares me just thinking about it.
We have the means, know-how, and equipment to do it ourselves, and cut out the extremely expensive middle man, and actually move to a more robust system.
...they are probably wondering why you cannot use coordinated frequencies for that.
From the coordinators I've talked to, outside of a federal government agency, it is near impossible for a decent number of frequencies (or even a single frequency for that matter) to be coordinated on a national level. What we do is the very definition of itinerant use.
The thought of 1000 users showing up in a random location and occupying a bunch of frequencies puts all the other itinerant users in a rough place.
And that's one of my reasons for requesting the number of frequencies I requested. When our people show up a couple weeks before an event to monitor, and itinerant frequencies are getting heavy use in an area, we're F'ed and so are the other itinerant users, if we say only have 8 or 10 frequencies to use. It would make sense (to me anyway) to have other frequencies to switch to so that we are not causing interference, and the other itinerant users are not causing interference to us. Do we absolutely need 135 frequencies? Probably not. Are those 135 frequencies going to be used at once? No. But when we need them, we need them. If we show up to an event and our say 20 frequencies are being heavily used, then what? Yes, we could probably just move to other itinerant frequencies anyway, like 99% of the businesses do out there, but we want to do this the right way and actually be licensed properly. There are plenty of other applicants (I found dozens) with the entire itinerant spectrum on their licenses, so this is not an unprecedented request by any means.
Thanks again for the input!
