Positions and opinions of the Society of Broadcast Engineers are posted here on regulatory and legislative issues that affect our members. Also posted here are FCC directives and rulings related to broadcast engineering.

• Suggested letter to US Senators urging vote in favor of S.2881, "The FCC

              Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act"

              Technical Resource Enhancement Act, S.2881 and HR.4809"   (6/16/10)

• Suggested letter to US House Members urging co-sponsorship and vote in favor of

              HR.4809, "The FCC Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act"

              (6/16/10)

• Position of the Society of Broadcast Engineers regarding "The FCC Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act, S.2881 and HR.4809"   (4/1/10)

• Copy of SBE Agreement with U.S. Department of Defense regarding shared use of 2025-2110 MHz by planned USAF satellite tracking stations (Signed on April 30, 2009)

• Medical Micro-power Network Service (MMNS) in the 451-457 MHz Band (3/31/09)

• New FCC order on AM Directional Antenna Performance Verification now in effect (2/5/09)

• FCC AM Directional Antenna Performance Verification Rules (2/5/09)

• SBE's Policy Statement Regarding Wireless Microphones at 944-952 MHz (9/10/08)

• SBE White Paper on Trucker TV By Dane E. Ericksen, P.E., CSRTE, SBE Liaison Committee Chairman (1/2/07)

• Power Point presentation made to the U.S. Department of Defense on November 8, 2006 regarding 2 GHz spectrum use (11/13/06)

• SBE White Paper on RM-11339: Additional Spectrum for MSS ATC (9/7/06)

• Excel spreadsheet listing SBE regulatory issue white papers

• White paper on MSS uplinks sharing the 455–456 MHz RPU band By Dane E. Ericksen, P.E., CSRTE, SBE Liaison Committee Chairman (8/7/06)

• SBE White Paper on Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Operators Using Part 74 Wireless Mic Frequencies; ET Docket 05-345; By Dane E. Ericksen, P.E., CSRTE, Chairman, SBE FCC Liaison Committee Chairman (8/3/06)

• SBE White Paper on Department of Defense Uplinks in the 2 GHz TV BAS Band By Dane E. Ericksen, P.E., CSRTE, Chairman, SBE FCC Liaison Committee Chairman (5/23/06)

• SBE White Paper on RM-11308 Modification of the FCC's Universal Licensing System (ULS), and FCC Form 601. By Dane E. Ericksen, P.E., CSRTE, SBE FCC Liaison Committee Chairman (5/23/06)

• Git 'er Done Chris Imlay, Esq., CBT, SBE General Counsel; Where the broadcast industry and Sprint Nextel stand in the 2 GHz transition  (5/23/06)