Wireless Works

To protect the interests of licensees and to minimize the loss of critical spectrum assets, EWA recommends the following actions:

Jeremy Sklute, a student at Old Dominion University (ODU), Norfolk, Virginia, will receive the EWA-Joseph B. Vestal Endowed Scholarship, which awards financial aid to a full-time student at ODU enrolled in Electrical Engineering Technology or Information Systems Management who intends to pursue a professional career in wireless applications or telecommunications. Mr.

To save on renewal fees over time and make managing your licenses easier and less of an administrative burden, combine multiple call signs into one, also called system licensing. Your EWA Spectrum Advisor can review your license portfolio and help you determine the best candidates for combination. Call 1-800-482-8282 or your EWA Spectrum Advisor directly to schedule a review.

A member recently asked us about this matter. When an application is entered into the FCC’s Universal Licensing System (ULS), it becomes public knowledge and is accessible to anyone who searches the ULS database. Every change that is made to your license is also recorded under your call sign, and that data is available to anyone that searches the ULS.

How do you know whether a proposed new use of spectrum will benefit your company? You test it. How do you gain access to the spectrum for testing purposes? You work with EWA to file for experimental special temporary authority (STA) or license. 

A recreational sports company experiencing explosive growth, asked EWA for spectrum acquisition and licensing assistance for their growing number of facilities across multiple states. Specifically, the company asked EWA to identify 10 UHF frequencies for mobile only operations at a total of nine locations.

Wireless Works is a quarterly newsletter that celebrates the success of EWA members in finding spectrum solutions, focusing on the ways that EWA has supported that success. In addition, it provides news about the private land mobile radio industry, including best practices and tips for using EWA tools, such as Cevo® and Cevo Go™.