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MAP LPFM Filings Archive

Initial Comments (8/2/99)
Summary of Comments
Reply Comments (11/15/99)
- Press release
- The Interference study summary
- One page technical issues summary.
- Interference study without attachments
- Interference study with all attachments (zip file) but the city maps (zip file).
  
  Additional technical information:
  - Bio of Dr. Theodore Rappaport, who conducted the study.
  - Spreadsheets that simulate results of LP100, LP10 and LP1 stations.
  - Computer program source code used to produce results.
  - Compiled code with executables.
Petition for Reconsideration (3/16/00).
Opposition to Others' Petitions for Reconsideration (4/24/00).
Brief filed in D.C. Circuit (2/16/00). This case was ultimately dismissed as moot after the Radio Preservation Broadcasting Act passed.
MAP's Second Petition for Reconsideration (PDF, 245KB) (6/11/01)
LPFM Advocates file Technical Comments and Favor Localism Initiatives. (10/14/03)

2003 Technical Study

The study concludes that "LPFM stations can be operated on third-adjacent channels" and "no case of harmful third-adjacent LPFM interference will exist outside of an area with a radius of 1100 m surrounding the LPFM antenna." Comments from the public are due September 12, 2003.

Full Report, including attachments by the third-party contractor, Comsearch.
Executive Summary,by MitreTech.
FCC Public Notice
LPFM Advocates file Technical Comments and Favor Localism Initiatives. (10/14/03)

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