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Wireless Mic use may be illegal
It's time to start believing; the FCC has set a June 12 cut-off day (PDF) for wireless microphone usage in the
700MHz spectrum block.
It's Judgment Day for churches and other wireless microphone users. Come June 2010, wireless mics will have to abandon the popular 700MHz band, where many have been squatting without authorization.
When you understand that many popular wireless mics sold over the last decade are 1) being put to unlicensed use 2) used by churches, schools, and sporting venues 3) and transmit in the same 700MHz frequency spaceas over-the-air TV broadcasts, one problem becomes clear; such uses are not actually covered by any of the three categories above, and the mics are not being used legally.
This might not sound like a big deal—it happens every week and seems to be hurting no one—and it wasn't until the DTV transition came along. As part of that process, the FCC committed to clearing the upper part of the TV bands between channels 52 and 69, otherwise known as 698-806MHz—the "700MHz band."
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